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Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .
Birds sing louder and at a higher pitch in urban areas, where there is ambient low-frequency noise. [58] [59] Traffic noise was found to decrease reproductive success in the great tit (Parus major) due to the overlap in acoustic frequency. [60] During the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced traffic noise led to birds in San Francisco singing 30% more ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
Its laser noise may sound threatening, but its beautiful tail and pleasant chirping show it means no harm. Wen Hao Lee told StoryFul that the "lyrebird was the most amazing songbird I had ever ...
A flock of birds is teaching their young chicks to fly. The sun is shining, and all the birds are cheerfully singing. Meanwhile, a boy is having fun with an air rifle, shooting at everything in the house and destroying many of the items in the house. He then goes out into the garden and shoots at the nest that the birds have barely saved.
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The birds of paradise are thought to have originated 24–30 million years ago and belong to the radiation of passerines that occurred in Australia during the last 60 million years. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] As Australia become more arid over the last several million years, the birds of paradise withdrew to the regional rainforests of New Guinea and ...
Five people, including a nine-year-old child, were killed in the Friday night violence in San Jacinto County. Andrea Blanco and Rachel Sharp report