7994 - Silent Serenade
Dec. 9th, 2005 06:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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NewScientist: Mice are rarely the source of romantic inspiration, but it now appears that male mice may serenade potential mates with melodies approaching the complexity of bird song. Mouse songs are sung at ultrasonic frequencies, which is why no one has noticed their complexity before, nor indeed been moved to celebrate the tunes in romantic poetry.
Tim Holy and Zhongsheng Guo, of Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, US, recorded the vocalisations made by male mice in the presence of female pheromones. They then digitally modified them to drop the pitch by several octaves into the range of human hearing. You can listen to a male mouse producing a snatch of song, here, and a more determined croon, here.
If I had a decent cellphone, It'd make a sweet ringtone!
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Date: 2005-12-09 03:09 pm (UTC)And elephants, too!
what about dogs & cats? One day I'll search to see if anything has been found...or not found. Afterall, dogs can hear those crazy dog whistles that we can't hear. Is it for in the wild, keep from being eaten reasons..or is it because other dogs are also making sounds we can't hear.
Just popping in! Staying away from LJ, because I have so much to do. :P
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Date: 2005-12-09 04:26 pm (UTC)I wonder about doggie hearing, too. They go so far in both directions!
Happy chores today, and I'll catcha later, gator! :D
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Date: 2005-12-09 04:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-12-09 05:32 pm (UTC)Besides, anything's got to be better than RENT or CATS.
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Date: 2005-12-09 05:32 pm (UTC)I think the word pants is funny on its own.
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Date: 2005-12-23 02:31 am (UTC)Janet Carlson
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