The Koala's Hidden Bass
A male koala's bellow is a size trick. The animal behind that rumbling call is far smaller than its voice suggests, and its secret lies not in an oversized throat but in an extra pair of sound-producing folds. The result is a call with a pitch more typical of a much larger mammal.The usual voice box cannot explain it. Most mammals produce their lowest calls using vocal folds in the larynx, whose d...More
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