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What is the most recognizable animal sound?

by YPB Team1 vote

A lion's roar carries five miles. A rooster starts the day. A mosquito ruins the night. Rank the animal sounds you would recognise anywhere.

  1. Cat Meow — ranked #11
    Cat Meow
    A call cats largely reserve for people.
    1000pts
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  2. Cicada Buzz — ranked #22
    Cicada Buzz
    A brood emergence can drown out a conversation.
    679pts
  3. Lion's Roar — ranked #33
    Lion's Roar
    Carries up to five miles, and opens a hundred films.
    678pts
  4. Dog Bark — ranked #44
    Dog Bark
    The sound humans have lived alongside longest.
    678pts
  5. Rooster Crow — ranked #55
    Rooster Crow
    The world's oldest alarm clock.
    555pts
  6. Whale Song — ranked #66
    Whale Song
    Humpback songs travel across ocean basins.
    555pts
  7. Cricket Chirp — ranked #77
    Cricket Chirp
    Summer's background track, and a rough thermometer.
    555pts
  8. Wolf Howl — ranked #88
    Wolf Howl
    The sound that means wilderness to most people who have never heard one.
    0pts
  9. Tiger's Roar — ranked #99
    Tiger's Roar
    Lower and shorter than a lion's, with an infrasound edge you feel.
    0pts
  10. Elephant Trumpet — ranked #1010
    Elephant Trumpet
    A blast produced through the trunk, audible for miles.
    0pts
  11. Owl Hoot — ranked #1111
    Owl Hoot
    Night's most quoted two notes.
    0pts
  12. Kookaburra Laugh — ranked #1212
    Kookaburra Laugh
    Australia's dawn chorus, mistaken worldwide for jungle ambience.
    0pts
  13. Loon Call — ranked #1313
    Loon Call
    The sound of a northern lake at dusk.
    0pts
  14. Mosquito Whine — ranked #1414
    Mosquito Whine
    The most hated sound in any bedroom.
    0pts

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Comments

Fourteen sounds on one list: a lion's roar, a wolf howl, a bark, and the meow, which adult cats barely use on each other and aim at people instead: https://youpick.best/articles/dogs-vs-cats-ranked https://youpick.best/articles/lion-vs-tiger-ranked

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