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Ten fantastic sounds from the animal kingdom
A terrier singing along to a trumpet
A Welsh Terrier accompanies a trumpet
Dan Damon's dog, Ceris, "sings" along to a trumpet, wishing the music didn't end
A cat (sort of) counting
Nigel, the counting cat
Eddie Wright and his cat, Nigel, count to twenty-one
Screeching seals
Seals honking and stamping in California
Joshua Thomas sent in this recording of some very silly seals in California
A heavy-breathing moose
A moose heavy breathing in the US mountains
Erik Lenz’s soundscape of a moose’s heavy breathing in the mountains of New Hampshire
Some hungry chimpanzees
Chimpanzee cries in Kenya
Dan Stiles’ soundscape of feeding time at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya
A snoring cat
Apollo the cat's rhythmic snoring
Bruno Manduca's cat has rhythm even as he snoozes
Falkland Islands penguins cackling
Falkland Islands penguins
Ian Strange’s soundscape of penguins on the shores of the Falkland Islands
A crying loon
A loon's cry on Maranacook Lake
Jennifer Stowbridge's soundscape of a loon on a lake in Maine
Some whistling fruit bats
Australian fruit bats
Leigh Cooper's soundscape of Australian fruit bats in a suburban park
Some honking guinea fowls
A honking helmeted guinea-fowl
Dan Stiles' soundscape of a guinea-fowl squawking in his garden in Kenya