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In 1998, on the 50th anniversary of the founding of Folkways Records, Smithsonian Folkways issued a digitally remastered version of Sounds of North American Frogs. The reissue included a 41-page booklet, an introduction by herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel , and a mention of the decline in amphibian populations .
Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .
Vocalizations that are made prior to copulation are named mating calls. They serve as a means to advertise sexual receptivity and are predominantly used by males to attract female mates. [10] In general, non-primates emit more calls before copulating, as exemplified by the croaks of male frogs [11] and the melodic tweeting of song sparrows. [12]
The timing of Arizona gray squirrel mating correlates with the prime time for flowers, which are a high energy food source for the energetically expensive costs of mating. [4] Because mating is so energetically expensive, optimal reproduction timing is very important to ensure that offspring and parent will survive.
A mating plug, also known as a copulation plug, [1] vaginal plug, [2] sperm plug, or sphragis (Latin, from Ancient Greek: σφραγίς sphragis, "a seal"), is a gelatinous secretion used in the mating of some species. It is deposited by a male into a female genital tract, such as the vagina, and later hardens into a plug or glues the tract ...
When perceiving something as a threat, ground squirrels will emit a whistle-like call as an alarm call. [8] [10] The alarm call comes in two forms; the short and shrill "bi-jo" which signals serious danger, and a medium-pitched "bi-joo" sound which is used for lesser dangers. [8] During antagonistic encounters, squirrels emit deep growls as ...
“I have people who call me and cry more than I do.” The Connecticut native moved to upstate New York last April to start “ P’Nut’s Freedom Farm ,” a nonprofit animal rescue he operates ...
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