About This Activity
A toadfish gets its name from its croaking and its bumpy, warty appearance. Often found hiding in empty shells or tucked into caves on a reef, they make noise by rapidly contracting specialized sonic muscles against their swim bladder. This week, we’re going to discover some of the lesser-known sounds of the sea and learn how fish, quite commonly, use sound to communicate. It’s time to get chit-chatty and loud and proud. We’ll make symphonies of our own by creating instruments that mimic toadfish, use a hydrophone to listen below the surface as scientists do, and learn why all this fishy-noise could be a key to their conservation. And, because we love seining at Sanibel Sea School, we’ll dip our nets into the water and see if we can find any other fish that might make a peep. This week is going to be toad-ly amazing, and we want you there!
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