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Born to Roar: Lions' and Tigers' Fearsome Roars Are Due to Their Unusual Vocal Cords
Science Daily ^
| November 2, 2011
| Science Daily
Posted on 11/10/2011 4:00:31 PM PST by Altariel
ScienceDaily (Nov. 2, 2011) — When lions and tigers roar loudly and deeply -- terrifying every creature within earshot -- they are somewhat like human babies crying for attention, although their voices are much deeper.
So says the senior author of a new study that shows lions' and tigers' loud, low-frequency roars are predetermined by physical properties of their vocal fold tissue -- namely, the ability to stretch and shear -- and not by nerve impulses from the brain.
"Roaring is similar to what a baby sounds like when it cries," says speech scientist Ingo Titze, executive director of the National Center for Voice and Speech, which is administered by the University of Utah. "In some ways, the lion is a large replica of a crying baby, loud and noisy, but at very low pitch."
The study of lion and tiger vocal folds and how they produce roaring -- vocalizations used by big cats to claim their territory -- was set for publication on Nov. 2, in the Public Library of Science's online journal PLoS ONE.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kittyping; lions; roar; tigers
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posted on
11/10/2011 4:00:36 PM PST
by
Altariel
To: Altariel
Still nothing compared to the level attained by the wife when you accidentally say that her cooking is as bad as her mothers cooking.
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posted on
11/10/2011 4:15:24 PM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
To: Altariel
When lions and tigers roar loudly and deeply -- terrifying every creature within earshot -- they are somewhat like human babies crying for attention...That would get my attention and it wouldn't be the cat crying like a baby.
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posted on
11/10/2011 4:28:02 PM PST
by
decimon
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
11/10/2011 4:29:03 PM PST
by
decimon
To: crazyhorse691
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posted on
11/10/2011 4:31:57 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(I stand with Herman Cain.)
To: crazyhorse691
Still nothing compared to the level attained by the wife when you accidentally say that her cooking is as bad as her mothers cooking.
Sweet nothings compared with getting caught cleaning an old
motorcyle engine in the bathtub.
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posted on
11/10/2011 4:42:22 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: CrazyIvan
I dunno...for sheer decibel level the caged small hawk on the dining room table did beat out the ducklings in the bathtub.
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posted on
11/10/2011 4:55:34 PM PST
by
crazyhorse691
(Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
To: dfwgator
LOL, and i thought I had it bad sometimes... just damn
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posted on
11/10/2011 4:56:08 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: crazyhorse691
I was going to say that there had to be a wife joke in there some place . . . and there it is . . . first post! You guys are on the ball!
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posted on
11/10/2011 5:06:54 PM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
To: decimon; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; ...
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posted on
11/10/2011 5:59:05 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Altariel
When lions and tigers roar loudly and deeply -- terrifying every creature within earshot -- they are somewhat like human babies crying for attention.
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