Chip Chick on MSN
Scientists have been mystified by how horses whinny, but now they think they've figured it out
For a long time, scientists have been mystified by how horses are able to produce their unique whinny. The vocalization ...
A new study finds that horse whinnies are made of both a high and a low frequency, generated by different parts of the vocal ...
An equine makes the low-pitched part of its whinny by vibrating its vocal cords—similar to how humans speak and sing—and the high-pitched part by whistling ...
Our hearing picks up a limited range of sounds, limits that were used successfully to keep teenagers from congregating outside British grocery stores by a device called the “teenage sound repeller." ...
New Scientist on MSN
A horse's whinny is unlike any other sound in nature
Horses use their larynx to make two sounds simultaneously, so they are effectively singing and whistling at the same time ...
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