Noise Pollution affecting bats, owls and birds:
Many bats, owls and birds are affected by plane noise pollution. It affects the way nocturnal owls and bats hunt for prey because they rely on ‘clicks’ to find their prey in the dark. Despite some birds adapting by making their tweets louder, other birds with lower frequency tweets risk extinction as a result of poor communication.
Noise Pollution affecting elephants:
Zimbabwe elephants get scared from helicopter noise and this can cause a stampede. This reaction makes the elephants sometimes run so far away from their ‘home’ that they have to ‘relocate.’ As a result of the elephants living in a new area, their previous prey and predators get affected because of the loss of elephants in that area; and on a bigger scale, this affects the ecosystem of animals in Zimbabwe risking the extinction of certain animals.
Noise Pollution affecting tree frogs and hermit crabs:
During their mating system, European and Green tree frogs have trouble ‘calling’ to each other as a result of artificial noise; and this results in a decline of population. Hermit Crabs that are near noise pollution can get distracted (by boat noises) when they are attacked by predators and this makes the hermit crab take longer to retract back into it’s shell if threatened. This creates another decline in population.
Noise Pollution affecting dolphins, whales and porpoises:
Noise Pollution also affects dolphins, whales and porpoises because they, (like elephants) can become scared of loud high-pitched noises. This causes them to rise above water beyond their physical limits and beach themselves. In addition, it can cause dolphins hearing loss and sometimes even temporary deafness and can make whales separate from their baby calves.
Noise Pollution affecting animals in the future:
If you are worrying about animals right now, I am sorry to say that things aren’t going to get much better unless we stop climate change because varying temperatures causes molecules that usually absorb noise to becoming more acidic; this creates two problems: firstly that the water will obviously become more acidic affecting sea creatures’ physically and maybe even mentally and secondly, noise pollution will start to become a bigger threat to dolphins, porpoises and whales.
Many bats, owls and birds are affected by plane noise pollution. It affects the way nocturnal owls and bats hunt for prey because they rely on ‘clicks’ to find their prey in the dark. Despite some birds adapting by making their tweets louder, other birds with lower frequency tweets risk extinction as a result of poor communication.
Noise Pollution affecting elephants:
Zimbabwe elephants get scared from helicopter noise and this can cause a stampede. This reaction makes the elephants sometimes run so far away from their ‘home’ that they have to ‘relocate.’ As a result of the elephants living in a new area, their previous prey and predators get affected because of the loss of elephants in that area; and on a bigger scale, this affects the ecosystem of animals in Zimbabwe risking the extinction of certain animals.
Noise Pollution affecting tree frogs and hermit crabs:
During their mating system, European and Green tree frogs have trouble ‘calling’ to each other as a result of artificial noise; and this results in a decline of population. Hermit Crabs that are near noise pollution can get distracted (by boat noises) when they are attacked by predators and this makes the hermit crab take longer to retract back into it’s shell if threatened. This creates another decline in population.
Noise Pollution affecting dolphins, whales and porpoises:
Noise Pollution also affects dolphins, whales and porpoises because they, (like elephants) can become scared of loud high-pitched noises. This causes them to rise above water beyond their physical limits and beach themselves. In addition, it can cause dolphins hearing loss and sometimes even temporary deafness and can make whales separate from their baby calves.
Noise Pollution affecting animals in the future:
If you are worrying about animals right now, I am sorry to say that things aren’t going to get much better unless we stop climate change because varying temperatures causes molecules that usually absorb noise to becoming more acidic; this creates two problems: firstly that the water will obviously become more acidic affecting sea creatures’ physically and maybe even mentally and secondly, noise pollution will start to become a bigger threat to dolphins, porpoises and whales.