Klarinet Archive - Posting 000154.txt from 2004/05

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vibrato in Nature?
Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 02:06:44 -0400

Tony Pay wrote:

>Apart from man-made sounds, I was unable to think of an example of vibrato in any animal or bird cry -- apart perhaps from the whinny of a horse.
>
>Does anyone know of any other example? Some exotic bird perhaps?
>
>
Where does a cat's purr fit in? Or is this more of a 'bio-mechanical' sort of sound? This was actually the SECOND sound I thought of. The first one was actually the tooth purr that rabbits produce when being petted. However, that is NOT produced by the rabbits' vocalising, but by gentle grinding of their teeth.

However, domestic rabbits DO, at times, produce a honking sound. You can hear an example here:

http://members.aol.com/bunster2/carla.htm

(you need to scroll down the page about a half-inch below the first picture)

I'd NEVER heard a rabbit make such a noise; I've only had three, however, so I'm not that experienced.

Patricia Smith

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