[Jacob-list] Jacob Noises

Pavel pavel314 at home.com
Fri Jun 29 21:45:05 EDT 2001


>  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)

We have a Jacob lamb, born this Spring, who makes a strange,
conversational sound while grazing. While she's nibbling grass, she
makes a multi-syllable bleat, sort of like "Racka-pracka-prack". It's
very loud, considering that she has her nose to the ground at the time. 

pli




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