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Scientists Discover Horses Can Whistle and Sing at the Same Time
Horses produce two-tone calls via vocal fold vibrations and a laryngeal whistle, enabling complex communication with distinct emotional messages, researchers said.
- Scientists have discovered that horses produce their signature call, known as a whinny, by using two different sound-making systems simultaneously: vibrating their vocal folds like humans singing to create a low tone, and also generating a high-pitched whistle inside their larynx.
- This dual sound production likely evolved so that horses can communicate more than one message in a single call, with the two fundamental frequencies conveying different messages about the horse's emotions.
- Despite living alongside humans for over 4,000 years, scientists still know relatively little about how horses communicate vocally, and the whinny's surprisingly high frequencies for such a large mammal had remained a mystery until this study.
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Study focused on horse racing mechanism, since horses, such as bears and zebras, do not seem to have the acute component, suggesting that horses have unique vocal adaptations.
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The Science Behind a Horse's Whinny? Whistling
Horses whinny to find new friends, greet old ones, and celebrate happy moments like feeding time. How exactly horses produce that distinctive sound—for the uninitiated, also called a neigh—has long eluded scientists, reports the AP . The whinny is an unusual combination of both high- and low-pitched sounds, like...
·Miami, United States
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In elaborate experiments, it was first possible to determine the unique mechanism that enables horses to articulate a very deep and a very high sound at the same time.
·Vienna, Austria
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