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  2. Communication in aquatic animals - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of animal sounds - Wikipedia

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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 .

  4. Lesser siren - Wikipedia

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    Animals that inhabit freshwater habitats have high-affinity sodium uptake systems. Therefore, the better an animal is adapted to freshwater, the lower the rate of sodium loss and uptake. Sirens have a high sodium affinity (around 0.2 peq/g per day), and thus are able to resist the harmful effects of low-sodium environments.

  5. Bats' amazing vocal range revealed by new study - AOL

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    Bats are extreme when it comes to sound production and have a greater vocal range than singers like Mariah Carey and Prince, a new study suggests. Many animals produce sound to communicate with ...

  6. List of unexplained sounds - Wikipedia

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    Bio-duck, a quacking-like sound produced by the Antarctic minke whale. [11] [12] The Ping, described as "acoustic anomalies" whose "sound[s] scare sea animals." It was detected by shipboard sonars in the Fury and Hecla Strait of northern Canada during the summer of 2016. It was investigated by Canadian military authorities, who did not detect ...

  7. Animal echolocation - Wikipedia

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    The term echolocation was coined by 1944 by the American zoologist Donald Griffin, who, with Robert Galambos, first demonstrated the phenomenon in bats. [1] [2] As Griffin described in his book, [3] the 18th century Italian scientist Lazzaro Spallanzani had, by means of a series of elaborate experiments, concluded that when bats fly at night, they rely on some sense besides vision, but he did ...

  8. Whale vocalization - Wikipedia

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    Whales use a variety of sounds for communication and sensation. [1] The mechanisms used to produce sound vary from one family of cetaceans to another. Marine mammals, including whales, dolphins, and porpoises, are much more dependent on sound than land mammals due to the limited effectiveness of other senses in water.

  9. From a loose emu to surfing dog: Watch the biggest animal ...

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    Pups take to water to catch waves before big competition Overweight 38-pound kitty is on a health journey Cat stays cool in a floating cooler as owner tows him from a kayak