Animals listen completely to their environment because listening is survival

Evidence

Animals are Deep Listeners. When you enter an environment where there are birds, insects or animals, they are listening to you completely. You are received. Your presence may be the difference between life and death for the creatures of the environment. Listening is survival! — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 90

Categorization

• SEED: Article angle: what human listening practice can learn from animal survival-listening.
• XREF: Reinforces that listening precedes language; connects to hearing-listening distinction. — connects to: Noise harms hearing-dependent wildlife more than visual species like peregrines — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 691; Prey animals avoid noisy areas because sound is their security surveillance — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 107; Helicopter noise measurably alters bighorn sheep foraging behavior — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 485 (+6 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 90

Broader Connections

• Human hearing evolved to decode natural sounds beyond speech or music #expands (0.75) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 23
• Noise pollution directly reduces birds’ reproductive success #expands (0.70) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 942
• Hearing is passive while listening requires active attention #qualifies (0.65) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 320
• Brains conditioned by evolution may generate sound when none exists #expands (0.60) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 333