Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Tapping into the inner workings of long-distance animal calls

From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" "Back off!" "Danger's lurking!" or "Want to hang out?" But why can some communicate over thousands of ki...

Tapping into the inner workings of long-distance animal calls
Image: Phys.org
From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" "Back off!" "Danger's lurking!" or "Want to hang out?" But why can some communicate over thousands of kilometers, and others mere meters?

Originally published at Phys.org

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