Prey animals avoid noisy areas because sound is their security surveillance

Evidence

White-tailed deer are among my favorite advisers. Being an important food source for the many cougars that inhabit the park, they seldom remain close to a noisy river or stream for longer than the time required to drink, and while they do, they pause often and look in different directions to compensate for the temporary inability to use sound for their security surveillance. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 107

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the Zero Decibels chapter on how noise degrades animals’ communication and survival functions. — 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; Helicopter noise measurably alters bighorn sheep foraging behavior — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 485; Animals listen completely to their environment because listening is survival — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 90 (+8 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 107

Broader Connections

• Animals listen completely to their environment because listening is survival #corroborates (0.90) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 90
• Helicopter noise measurably alters bighorn sheep foraging behavior #exemplifies (0.85) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 485
• Noise perceived as a danger signal triggers fight-or-flight responses even during sleep #expands (0.75) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1052