IT WAS LATE ON JULY 16, 1957, and Charles M. Bogert was in a recording booth in Highland County, Florida, with a pair of singers who wouldn’t sing. The burgeoning producer, who had left a busy life in New York to chase talent in the Sunshine State, had heard the two perform live that very evening, in a chorus of hundreds.
He had plucked them from the crowd, and thenushered them out of the swampy night and into this soundproofed room. But his would-be stars—out of their element, lacking inspiration—were silent. So Bogert took out a pair of headphones and played them a recording of their own voices from earlier, amid the chorus. Instantly they began an unrestrained duet: BOOP! BOOP! BOOP — WAMP — BOOP — WAMP — BOOP — WAMP!
The booper here is a barking treefrog (Hyla gratiosa), while the wamper is a hybrid frog, thought to be the offspring of a barking and a green treefrog (Hyla cinerea). Theirs is a standout performance on Sounds of North American Frogs, originally released on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in 1958, and re-released at the end of 2023 by the same label...
I have compiled my almost 500 animal call recordings and put them on the web archive and itch.io for people to easily download for use in video games and movies, as public domain!
You are explicitly encouraged to download and share these! Use them for games, audio books, music, movies, educational stuff, anything you want! share the link on other sites too!
Here's my general itch.io page where you can see everything
As of 10/06/2023, there' 490 total!
I'll also add them to Itch.io so people can leave tips if they want and that link will be added to this post, but if you're able to, please donate to the Web Archive!
The itch.io files will be sorted by species!
Here's a few links for specific species. I was going to put them all but there's too many lol...
American Crow Calls (30)
Barred Owl Calls (25)
Belted Kingfisher (1)
Blue Jay Calls (17)
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (12)
Also reminder that all my photos on iNaturalist are public domain :) I've observed 1,339 species as of January 7th 2024!
As are all my youtube videos. I even made a playlist just for videos I took specifically to be stock videos :)
My two weird talents are that I can go for a solid minute without blinking and ever since I was a kid I’ve been able to make a semi-convincing guinea pig noise.
Fun fact: most bald eagles in movies are dubbed over with red-tailed hawk sounds. Filmmakers though red-tailed hawks sounded way more impressive, which makes sense because bald eagles sound like wimpy seagulls.
Ammua - to moo
Haukkua - to bark
Hirnua - to neigh, to whinny
Huhuilla - to hoot
Karjua - to roar
Kehrätä - to purr
Kiekua - to crow
Kotkottaa - to cluck
Kujertaa - to coo
Kurnuttaa - to croak
Maukua, naukua - to meow
Mouruta - to caterwaul
Murista - to growl
Mäkättää - to bleat
Määkiä - to baa
Laulaa - to sing
Piipittää - to tweet
Raakkua - to caw
Röhkiä - to snort, to grunt
Sihistä - to hiss, to sizzle
Sirittää - to chirr, to chirp, to stridulate
Surista - to buzz
Sähistä - to hiss
Ulvoa - to howl
Vikistä - to squeak
Vinkua - to whine
Visertää - to chirp
Biologists have known for awhile that wolf spiders (Gladicosa gulosa) can make sounds that humans can hear, explains Laura Geggel for Live Science. However, wolf spiders don't have ears themselves — at least in the traditional sense. Instead, the sounds are part of an elaborate communication system that male spiders use to woo females...
My kids are both reading w/books that have buttons to play sounds from the story. Right now I'm listening to some really intense Beethoven overlaid with hyenas howling and it's surprisingly haunting.
"Animals" is a broad term that refers to a wide variety of multicellular organisms belonging to the kingdom Animalia. Animals are characterized by their ability to move, consume organic matter for energy, and lack cell walls. The animal kingdom includes a diverse range of species with various shapes, sizes, and behaviors.
Animals can be classified into different groups based on various characteristics, including their body structure, reproductive methods, and evolutionary relationships. Some major groups of animals include mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates (such as insects, arachnids, mollusks, and crustaceans).
Each animal species has unique adaptations that allow them to survive and thrive in their respective environments. Animals play crucial roles in ecosystems, contributing to biodiversity and often participating in complex food webs.
The otherworldly bugling of a bull elk. That banshee wail echoing through the aspens is one of the many ways autumn in the Rockies is a truly unique experience.