Ninth: 11/16/13 Change: Pigeon hearing. Pigeon hearing isn't particularly sharper than in humans, but they can hear vastly lower frequencies. Low frequency sounds carry far further than higher ones. A pigeon in the center of the continental US can hear the ocean on the East, West, and Gulf Coasts, and the wind against the chains of the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains, extending hundreds of miles. Also audible in this way and across distance: auroras, explosions, storms, waterfalls, meteors, earthquakes and volcanoes, tornadoes, some kinds of engine, the various animals that communicate with low frequency sound. Incoming tsunamis, seismic events, and tornadoes can be heard minutes to hours before they can be detected by human senses. It's how many animals can sense these things coming.
Also, avian temporal sensitivity is ten times more acute than in humans. Sounds too fast and complicated for humans to really grasp are heard with much greater fidelity and complexity. With enough practice Julien might become exceptional at vocal analysis and more precise imitations. Cause: Tier One of Two, participation in the Exploration Plot.
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Change: Pigeon hearing.
Pigeon hearing isn't particularly sharper than in humans, but they can hear vastly lower frequencies. Low frequency sounds carry far further than higher ones. A pigeon in the center of the continental US can hear the ocean on the East, West, and Gulf Coasts, and the wind against the chains of the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains, extending hundreds of miles. Also audible in this way and across distance: auroras, explosions, storms, waterfalls, meteors, earthquakes and volcanoes, tornadoes, some kinds of engine, the various animals that communicate with low frequency sound. Incoming tsunamis, seismic events, and tornadoes can be heard minutes to hours before they can be detected by human senses. It's how many animals can sense these things coming.
Also, avian temporal sensitivity is ten times more acute than in humans. Sounds too fast and complicated for humans to really grasp are heard with much greater fidelity and complexity. With enough practice Julien might become exceptional at vocal analysis and more precise imitations.
Cause: Tier One of Two, participation in the Exploration Plot.