Re: Swivelling Ears
- From: Helen Hall <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:43:57 +0000
In message <1id0td3.14m3xul1isb72qN%spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jonathan L Cunningham <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
You know how, like, animals prick up their ears, and rotate them aroundNo, I have it too. As you say, the ears don't move but there's the feel of surrounding muscles trying to move them.
to aim them at a sound? And they can operate their ears independently?
Well, I just put the kettle on to make a hot drink, and then I'm sitting
at the computer, with my back towards the kitchen direction, while it
boils. When it boils, the kettle shuts off with a "click".
And I feel my left ear try to twitch around towards the click.
Of course, nothing happens. My ears are fixed. I can't even wiggle them
(like some people can do). It's not just my left ear: depends on the
source of the sound, which ear (or both) responds. It's completely
involuntary and only happens with sudden sounds (I can't say
"unexpected" because the kettle always makes that click.) But I'm fairly
sure that if my ears could move, they would aim at the sudden sound.
I suddenly wondered: does everyone get that feeling? Or do I have an
atavistic, and utterly pointless, reflex that others don't have?
The weirdest is when I experience certain emotions and I can feel my ears trying to go back like a horse or a dog's.
Helen
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