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Re: Bat Sounds & Phonology

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Monday, September 8, 2003, 0:59
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