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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 .
While terrestrial animals often have a uniform method of producing and detecting sounds, aquatic animals have a range of mechanisms to produce and detect both vocal and non-vocal sounds. [7] In terms of sound production, fish can produce sounds such as boat-whistles, grunts and croaks using their swim bladder or pectoral fin.
Animal languages are forms of communication between animals that show similarities to human language. [1] Animals communicate through a variety of signs, such as sounds and movements. Signing among animals may be considered a form of language if the inventory of signs is large enough. The signs are relatively arbitrary, and the animals seem to ...
The multiple sounds odontocetes make are produced by passing air through a structure in the head called the phonic lips. [28] Biologically the structure is homologous to an upper lip located in the nasal cavity, but mechanistically the phonic lips act similarly to human vocal "cords " (vocal folds), which in humans are located in the larynx .
Sounds used by animals that fall within the scope of bioacoustics include a wide range of frequencies and media, and are often not "sound" in the narrow sense of the word (i.e. compression waves that propagate through air and are detectable by the human ear).
Cicadas (superfamily Cicadoidea) produce sound at much greater volumes than orthopterans, relying on a pair of organs called tymbals on the base of the abdomen behind the wings. [ 18 ] [ 15 ] Muscle contraction rapidly deforms the tymbal membrane, emitting several different types of sounds. [ 15 ]
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The sounds animals make are important because they communicate the animals' state. [5] Some animals species have been taught simple versions of human languages. [ 6 ] Animals can use, for example, electrolocation and echolocation to communicate about prey and location.