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  2. Bird in England Mimicking a Police Siren Sounds Just Like the ...

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    CBS News said in their caption that the sound was so accurate that some officers thought that their vehicles' sirens might have been faulty. Inspector Simon Hills described the mimicry as “so ...

  3. Siren (alarm) - Wikipedia

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    In a pneumatic siren, the stator is the part which cuts off and reopens air as rotating blades of a chopper move past the port holes of the stator, generating sound. The pitch of the siren's sound is a function of the speed of the rotor and the number of holes in the stator. A siren with only one row of ports is called a single tone siren.

  4. Rumbler siren - Wikipedia

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    Rumbler siren. A Rumbler siren is a type of emergency vehicle siren used primarily in the United States.Developed in 2007 by Federal Signal Corporation, and sounding at a low-frequency level, it is designed to be heard by motorists who may otherwise be unable to hear high-frequency sirens due to ambient noise, such as urban traffic.

  5. Acme siren - Wikipedia

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    A siren was used in Bob Dylan's classic album, Highway 61 Revisited. One is also heard in Stevie Wonder's song "Sir Duke" just before the second chorus. Dan Zanes also uses a siren in his version of "Washington at Valley Forge." Acme is the trade name of J Hudson & Co of Birmingham, England, who developed and patented the Acme siren in 1895. It ...

  6. Civil defense siren - Wikipedia

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    This means that about 80% of Denmark's population can be warned using stationary sirens. The remaining 20% are warned by mobile sirens mounted on police cars. The function of the sirens is tested every night, but does not produce any sound. Once every year, on the first Wednesday of May at 12:00, the sirens are tested with sound. [36]

  7. Police issue warning after monkeys spotted roaming Florida city

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    The Orange City Police Department said on social media that it had received "multiple reports of monkey sightings" in the town, which is in Volusia County. People who see monkeys should not feed ...

  8. Owl's Pure Contentment While Getting Cuddles From Human Is ...

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    We just know that even five minutes getting to hug an owl would cure us of all our troubles. This is truly such a special treat. Of course, it seems like the person giving the owl a cuddle is most ...

  9. Portable media player - Wikipedia

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    Some MP3 players can encode directly to MP3 or other digital audio formats directly from a line-level audio signal (radio, voice, etc.). [citation needed] Devices such as CD players can be connected to the MP3 player (using the USB port) in order to directly play music from the memory of the player without the use of a computer. [citation needed]