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   (2)  Incredible Life: A Handbook of Biological Mysteries.
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   (3)  Non-invasive magnetic stimulation of human motor cortex [letter].
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   (4)  Listen to the ears.
     Anonymous.   Science News. 1985;128:328 only.

   (5)  Elephant calls that humans can't hear.
     Anonymous.   Science News. 1986;129:122 only.

   (-)  Hearing sensations in electric fields.
      Sommer  HC,  Von  Gierke  HE.    Aerosp Med. 1964;35:834-839.

   Medline
   (-)  [This footnote was a comment, not a reference.]

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