Bats use death metal "growls" to make social calls - The Official PLOS Blog
PLOS Biology researchers find that bats produce low-pitched calls, similar to those used by death metal vocalists.
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PLOS Biology researchers find that bats produce low-pitched calls, similar to those used by death metal vocalists.
Mammals can produce sound from ventricular folds, used by humans only for Tuvan throat singing and ‘death metal grunting’
The animals can produce a range of frequencies, also known as the vocal range, that far exceeds vertebrates including humans, researchers say.
Bats have been dubbed the "death metal singers" of the animal kingdom, their impressive vocal range rivaling that of even Mariah Carey, a new study has shown.
A team from the University of Southern Denmark have for the first time filmed what goes on in a bat's larynx when it produces sound.