Re: Bat Sounds & Phonology

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 12:50:08 -0500, "J. K. Hoffman" <ryumaou@...>
wrote:

>I have an idea for a race of creatures that evolved from bats instead of
>protosimians and I'd like to give them a realistic language.  The only
>problem is, I can't find any real sounds of bats that haven't been
>electronically altered!  So, what kinds of phonemes do you all suppose
>they might use?  (I'd prefer to keep this in the human audible range,
>though, so don't get too crazy!)
>Also, if anyone has any idea where I can find actual bat sounds on the
>Internet, I'd love to get it.  Especially *free* resources!
Naturesongs has a recording of Mexican free-tailed bats:

http://www.naturesongs.com/otheranimals.html#mftb