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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 .
Under certain conditions, wolf howls can be heard over areas of up to 130 km 2 (50 sq mi). [13] [14] The phases of the moon have no effect on wolf vocalization, and despite popular belief, wolves do not howl at the Moon. [15] Wolf howls are generally indistinguishable from those of large dogs. [16]
The lunar phases have no effect on wolf vocalisation. Despite popular belief, wolves do not howl at the Moon. [ 2 ] Gray wolves howl to assemble the pack, usually before and after hunts, to pass on an alarm particularly at a den site, to locate each other during a storm or while crossing unfamiliar territory, and to communicate across great ...
A wolf tone is hard for the player to control: instead of a solid tone it tends to produce a thin "surface" sound, sometimes jumping to the octave of the intended note. In extreme cases, a "stuttering" or "warbling" sound is produced, as in the sound example. This sound may be likened to the howling of a wolf.
The bark-howling starts with several barks and then fades into a rising and ebbing howl and is probably, similarly to coughing, used to warn the puppies and members of the pack. Dingoes also emit a sort of "wailing" sound, which they use most often when approaching a water hole, probably to warn already present dingoes. [ 20 ]
The distinctive sound of an instrument with a sound box owes a lot to the alteration made to the tone. A sound box is found in most string instruments. [2] The most notable exceptions are some electrically amplified instruments like the solid body electric guitar or the electric violin, and the piano which uses only a sound board instead.
John James MacDonald (May 19, 1906 – February 1, 1991) was an American foley artist and voice actor. He was the original head of the Disney sound effects department, and was also the 2nd official voice of Mickey Mouse from 1947 to 1976 after Walt Disney stopped playing the character and before Wayne Allwine became the third voice of Mickey in 1977.
Language Biting Eating food Drinking Swallowing Brushing teeth Afrikaans: nom, gomf gloeg gloeg gloeg Albanian: ham, kërr, krrëk ham-ham, njam-njam