Different Ways Organisms Make Sounds

Although I did not catch the gibbon in the act, they are distinguished by their unique sound. Gibbons use their vocals to communicate with each other. Lar gibbons communicate in solos and duets, which are typically loud and long calls. In order to keep intruders out and defend their territory, normal duets are sung. Male white-headed gibbons sing together at range edges to keep intruders out and increase their territorial defense (Beaman,

Each of the magical creatures in “The Hobbit” have certain tunes, tones, and styles of singing. Some are joyous and adventurous, others can be sad, dark, or unsettling. The 3 creatures that have been shown to sing in the first five chapters are Dwarves, Elves, and Goblins. Their singing defines their characters and what the seek among their journies through their life. Their character will be read like an open book when their songs are listened to closely.

The sounds of this creature was described as “A crunching, a crackling, a crushing , heavy thumping” and

Orangutans (Figure 3) are our first cousins since they share 97 percent of our genetic material. Contrary to other apes, orangutans are semi solitary which is unique in its social organization (3). Adult males which are the most solitary, and they associate with only their current, former, and potential consorts. For the semi-solitary orangutans, the only playmate is its mother. Even female adults are more social than male ones, rarely they groom, touch, hold hands, chase, or fight. On rare occasions, female adults may groom; however, it lasts only few seconds. Sometimes, female adults meet and travel with one another to express the close relationship. The long call by a male orangutan expresses an alert to others about his presence. Usually, other orangutans only react if the call is close by or aggressive towards them. Male orangutan can use vocalization to express that he is angry and frustrated, and that call signals a threat to another male (3). Female orangutans also produce vocalization when they get upset by the presence of another male.

We gather food, we protect one another, we support and raise the young, and none of this would be possible without some form of communication. Monkeys in particular “have evolved many ways of communicating such as visual cues, auditory calls, and even some olfactory signals” (PBS). Visual calls are obviously unable to be here, therefore it must be seen. The “Emperor Tamarin uses a visual call by sticking her tongue out at her mate so he knows she wants a break from holding her young”(PBS). Not all auditory calls are the same, there are various sounds that can be strung to be very long or can be simple and short.

Bulls have a loud vocalization consisting of screams known as bugling, which can be heard for miles. Females are attracted to the males bugling most often and have the loudest call. Bugling is most common early and late in the day and is one of the most distinctive sounds in nature (Thomas and Toweill 2002).

The research team assessed five total cases in which monkeys mounted the same deer at least three times in a span of 10 minutes. They made the same vocalizations that female macaques have been known to make when mating with male macaques.

Contrary to marketing claims touting the effectiveness of sonic and ultrasonic devices, studies demonstrated that they had little if any effect (Belant et al., 1998, January). Due to the lack of demonstrable effectiveness of sonic and ultrasonic devices, they were not used in this project. Bio-acoustic devices had recently been employed to some effect. One study using bio acoustics showed great promise (Hildreth et al., 2013). It used eight distress calls of deer (recorded during capture and release events) then played back when a deer crossed into the feeding area. Although the device was only tested for two week, the “deer-activated bioacoustics frightening device (DABAFD) … was nearly 100% effective at reducing the number of times deer entered protected sites and 100% effective at reducing feed consumption.” (Hildreth et al., 2013, p. 110). The limited duration of the study notwithstanding, a bio acoustic type device was intended to be incorporated into the

Did you know that in “The Hobbit” many magical creatures like the goblins, elves, and dwarves sing songs that reveal many things about them. In this novel music plays a role in the development of the story and characters. The different creatures’ songs vary in tone, content, and structure that reveal many things about the magical creatures.

Imagery, sound devices and diction in “The Rat” by Joseph An work together to send the theme which is “being careless and selfish leads to regret.” In the 3rd stanza, the rat says “Help! I’m being chased by a white, fluffy cat!’/ The bat snarled ‘well you shouldn’t have been so careless.” (9-10) Sound devices, or more specifically, onomatopoeia in this case work to give the bat a more sinister feel by snarling. Snarling in poetry mainly contributes to something sinister, and the fact that snarling is onomatopoeia gives a larger feeling of evilness because onomatopoeia brings it more to life. Because of this, snarling would be a great way in poetry to evilness, and in the bat’s case, he is being evil to show his wrong doings like the phrase “fight fire with fire.” Imagery in this stanza also contributes to the bat’s attempt to show the rats wrong doing by using the phrase “white fluffy cat.” Fluffy does give a softer feeling to it to show the bat’s humanity because he does later give the rat a second chance, but also makes the cat look larger, and when something large overpowers something small, the smaller person usually will feel weaker.

crucifer is commonly known, in part, because it is one of the first frogs to emerge in the spring, with a date of first calling ranging from March 9 to April 4 (Lovett 2013). A study by Rosen and Lemon (1974) examining the calling dynamics of P. crucifer revealed that the characteristic “peeps” begin at dusk as choruses are formed. The peeps stop and restart throughout the night and call rates vary from 30-100 calls per minute, depending on temperature (Rosen and Lemon 1974). A pattern of alteration can emerge with one frog leading with a call and another immediately following, most within 100 msec of the “leading” frog (Rosen and Lemon 1974). In some instances, frogs separated by less than 60 cm can interact via multiple “following” frogs, forming trios, quartets, and pentets (Rosen and Lemon 1974). With the appearance of a female, calls generally lower in frequency, as mid-range pitches are easiest to hear and most attractive to a female (Forester and Lykens 1986). Calls also increase in duration and frequency (Rosen and Lemon

You may find it interesting that chameleons can’t hear, because if you look closely you can see that chameleons do not have a ear structure on their skin. They do have a sort of ear in their body that makes it hear by vibrations like a snake. They do get disturbed by

The wails of a courting male rhinoceros are called ¡¥hic-throbbing¡¦ or even the males¡¦ love-song. Scientists don¡¦t know why but they believe it has something in common with the deep abdominal groans of the Asian elephant which can be transmitted through the ground and felt by others.

Hypothesis:The specific receptors on the antennas on the insect's head bind to molecules in the air. The neurons that correspond to these receptors send messages about this binding to the brain and allow the insect to perceive the sound.

Like human beings, animals also communicate among themselves through gestures and body movements. Monkeys always carry their