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  2. List of animal sounds - Wikipedia

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    Tiger growl Jaguar making a content "sawing" sound. Camel: grunt Capybara: squeak, [8] chatter, bark Cat: mew, meow, purr, hiss, trill, caterwaul, growl Cat meow Domestic cat purring: Cattle: moo, low Chicken: cluck, buck, crow [9] cha-caw, bah-gawk (female) [10] cock-a-doodle-doo (male) Rooster crowing: Chinchilla: squeak [11] Cicada: chirp ...

  3. Elephant communication - Wikipedia

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    Infrasonic calls are important, particularly for long-distance communication, [1] in both Asian and African elephants. For Asian elephants, these calls have a frequency of 14–24 Hz, with sound pressure levels of 85–90 dB and last 10–15 seconds. [15] For African elephants, calls range from 15 to 35 Hz with sound pressure levels as high as ...

  4. Olifant (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Olifant (instrument) For other uses, see Olifant (disambiguation). Roland blows his olifant to summon help in the midst of the Battle of Roncevaux. Olifant (also known as oliphant) was the name applied in the Middle Ages to a type of carved ivory hunting horn created from elephant tusks. [ 1 ] Olifants were most prominently used in Europe from ...

  5. They also trumpet to express happiness. Like Mak did in the video, elephants use their trunks for a variety of purposes including picking up objects, trumpeting, greeting, drinking, and bathing.

  6. African bush elephant - Wikipedia

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    African bush elephant. The african bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the african savanna elephant, is one of two extant African elephant species and one of three extant elephant species. It is the largest living terrestrial animal, with bulls reaching an average shoulder height of 3.04–3.36 metres (10.0–11.0 ft) and a body ...

  7. Elephant - Wikipedia

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    Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African forest elephant (L. cyclotis), and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea; extinct relatives include ...

  8. Nafir - Wikipedia

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    Sringa. Narsinga. Baroque trumpet. Sound sample. Sound of closely related Añafil. Nafir (Arabic نَفير, DMG an-nafīr), also nfīr, plural anfār, Turkish nefir, is a slender shrill-sounding straight natural trumpet with a cylindrical tube and a conical metal bell, producing one or two notes.

  9. Mellophone - Wikipedia

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    The mellophone uses the same mouthpiece as the alto (tenor) horn, [citation needed] which is in between the size of a trombone and trumpet mouthpiece. This mouthpiece usually has a deep cup, like that of the flugelhorn, and has a wider inner diameter than a trumpet mouthpiece. These mouthpieces give the mellophone a dark, round sound.