[Jacob-list] That sound the sheep make

[Susan L. Nielsen]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 Jacobflock at aol.com wrote:

> Sheep actually bleat.  Bleats apparently have breed specificity ("Variations 
> in the structure of bleats of four different breeds', E. Shillito Walser, 
> Behavior, 1980) and the Jacob had a small range of fundametal frequencies 
> (compared to other breeds) and the frequency of the bleat may be familial.  
> The bleat of the Jacob is like a cat whistle...it gets one's attention, then 
> you look to see who it is, then you decide to do something.  The Jacobs 
> studied were actually rather poor at linking ewe and lamb by bleating.

That's probably more than I really wanted to know, Fred. ;-)

Susan
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