I strike out at many a sphere
I sing a song you'll never hear
I fill many fragile hearts with fear
I'm small of eye and large of ear
What am I?
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Sign up to join this communityI strike out at many a sphere
I sing a song you'll never hear
I fill many fragile hearts with fear
I'm small of eye and large of ear
What am I?
I think you may be a
bat
I strike out at many a sphere
Bats are used for many ball games like cricket and tennis
I sing a song you'll never hear
Bats make calls to echolocate at a frequency too high for humans to hear naturally
I fill many fragile hearts with fear
Fear of bats is chiroptophobia. Thanks to Mike Limburg for this!
I'm small of eye and large of ear
Bats - the flying mammals - have small eyes and large ears
This is probably a long shot and incorrect, but I'm thinking
A large radio telescope observatory, like Arecibo
I strike out at many a sphere
Broadcasting messages to stars and planets in hopes of extraterrestrial contact
I sing a song you'll never hear
Broadcasts are inaudible to the human ear
I fill many fragile hearts with fear
Conspiracy theorists? Or people wary of extraterrestrial life in general
I'm small of eye and large of ear
Small observatory, but large listening array which can 'hear' a very large range of signals from space.
Are you...
A bat?
I strike out at many a sphere
Striking out is a term in baseball, using "a bat" to hit the ball;
I sing a song you'll never hear
We humans do not see you very often, so we will never hear you sing (can you even sing?);
I fill many fragile hearts with fear
There is actually a fear for you: chiroptophobia.
I'm small of eye and large of ear
Literally small-eyed and large-eared
You are
Corn
I strike out at many a sphere
Consumption of High Fructose Corn Syrup is linked to testicular cancer which afflicts the balls (spheres)
I sing a song you'll never hear
As the corn grows, it makes a noise that is too inaudible for the human ear to detect
I fill many fragile hearts with fear
A diet high in high fructose corn syrup causes obesity, diabetes, and heart failure.
I'm small of eye and large of ear
Corn is known to come in ears and is the only crop that hosts eye spot, a disease that causes small eye-like dots on the leaves.