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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 .
The rock hyrax also makes a loud, grunting sound while moving its jaws as if chewing, and this behaviour may be a sign of aggression. Some authors have proposed that observation of this behavior by ancient Israelites gave rise to the misconception given in Leviticus 11:4–8 that the hyrax chews the cud, [26] but the hyrax is not a ruminant. [10]
The Kinabalu squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.It is endemic to highland forest in East Malaysia.Its name is a reference to Mount Kinabalu, though it is not restricted to this mountain.
Animal sound collections, managed by museums of natural history and other institutions, are an important tool for systematic investigation of signals. Many effective automated methods involving signal processing, data mining, machine learning and artificial intelligence [ 10 ] techniques have been developed to detect and classify the ...
Bellow /ˈbel.oʊ/ is a type of animal vocalization common amongst bulls and other large animals such as rhinoceros, bison, yak, and red deer. It's a form of roaring and reverberating sound. It's a form of roaring and reverberating sound.
The hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) is a species of marmot that inhabits the mountains of northwest North America.Hoary marmots live near the tree line on slopes with grasses and forbs to eat and rocky areas for cover.
Upsweep is an unidentified sound detected on the American NOAA's equatorial autonomous hydrophone arrays. This sound was present when the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory began recording its sound surveillance system, SOSUS, in August 1991. It consists of a long train of narrow-band upsweeping sounds of several seconds in duration each.
The spines on the tail are hollow, and used to make a rattling sound to scare away predators. An erectile crest of long, bristly hairs runs from the top of the head down to the shoulders. The spines and quills cover the back and flanks of the animal, starting about a third of the way down the body, and continuing onto the tail.