BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?

Subject: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:15 PM

I'm writing new song.

Up to now I can only think these don't make a noise.

worms
snails
moths

Giraffes & mute swans may utter a sound occasionaly.

Any other suggestions?

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: MarkS
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:18 PM

Basenji dogs are said to be barkless.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:19 PM

Basenji dogs from South Africa can't bark.

Some of the larger moths, particularly the Deaths Head ones, can squeal.... did you never read/see 'Silence of the Lambs'?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Layah
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:26 PM

Do turtles make any sound?

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST,milk monitor
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:30 PM

crabs and butterflies?

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Jeri
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:50 PM

Basenjis don't bark - they scream. Well, it's more like a howl unless they're really upset.

Moths and butterflies probably make little flapping noises, Anything slimy will probably be silent when moving. I know I've never once heard a slug. I don't think most shellfish make very much noise.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Leadfingers
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:59 PM

Goldfish ??

Remembering , of course that there is a goldfish song already !

And round and round and round and round etc!!

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Teresa
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:18 PM

sharks

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST,milk monitor
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:22 PM

moles?

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Bobert
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:27 PM

Dead ones...

Nevermind...

How 'bout bugs? Like I ain't never heard heard a roach scream "genocide" when I give him the blast o' Raid, but maybe roaches ain't on a human fequency??? That is possible... Maybe they is smarter than humans and sit 'round, okay not sit, but ever roaches do that is like sittin', discussin' existentalism and theories of relativity...

Yeah, I'm sure worms don't have much to say...

But maybe they do???

Nevermind...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:30 PM

Define "noise."

Do they have a voice?

Do they make a sound when they move (walking, scrabbling across the rocky beach, climbing, etc.)?

FWIW: I haven't heard many noisy spiders. We have some geckos on the house every year I've never heard (except for their toenails on the window screens), neither have I heard a peep from the snakes in the yard. Ants are very quiet. I have, however, camped in Arkansas in the summer and had such a racket of insect joy around me in the night that I could hardly hear myself think and had to shout to be heard over it. So not all insects and bugs are quiet!

(And for the non-English majors on the list, I think that thread title should say *that don't make a noise, not *which don't make a noise. "Which hunting" is a favorite English major passtime. :)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Bill D
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:46 PM

Snipe

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Sorcha
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 11:27 PM

Basenjis don't 'bark' per say but that don't mean they are mute. They howl, sign, yodel, whatever.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 01:04 AM

passtime


PASTIME?

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Metchosin
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 02:21 AM

Slugs....slugs don't make a sound. Newts and salamanders are rather quiet too. You have to make "burummm...burrummm" noises for them yourself, when pretending they are toy cars and trucks. Turtles however can scream, especially when they hit the tarmack after falling from a three story bacony. Of course it could just be the sound of the wind being knocked out of 'em.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST,ragdall
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 02:32 AM

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST,ragdall
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 02:34 AM

Sorry about the above post. I have to learn that hitting "Enter", doesn't move me to the next field.

What about snakes?

Snipes make a lot of noise, Bill D.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Peace
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 03:00 AM

Turtles

Bats

Dead cats

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 09:04 AM

Dead puppies - aren't much fun
When you call them they don't come
Dead puppies - aren't much fun

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 12:22 PM

Box turtles don't have much of a voice - they make a rasping/hissing sound sometimes.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: heric
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 12:54 PM

A guy is sitting at home when he hears a knock at the door. He opens the door and sees a snail on the porch. He picks up the snail and throws it as far as he can. Three years later, there's a knock on the door. He opens it and sees the same snail. The snail says "What the hell was that all about?"

author unkown

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST,Mrr
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 01:38 PM

Adult giraffes are mute. Baby giraffes can kind of meow.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: gnu
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 03:23 PM

Metchosin... you owe me a beer because you caused me to spill it by not warning me of the impending fit of uncontollable laughter and resulting loss of motor function control. I will sue you on the "Lawyer" thread.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: *Laura*
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 03:28 PM

bats make lots of noise brucie.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Metchosin
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 05:36 PM

LOL Gnu, I didn't make that stuff up, just reporting events of life. The turtle did survive with the help of crazy glue, but I'm sorry to report that the newts did get rather mutilated and did not.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 06:07 PM

I can attest that at least some turtles can make a rather loud "hiss" (like a snake?). I guess it's an "unvoiced" sound, so perhaps they don't have vocal chords or other "resonant" structures. Our local "snappers," especially the "leather back" kind, can get pretty agitated if you catch them where they can't get to the pond.

Cockroaches can make a number of "clicks" that are audible. In a seriously infested location I've heard them from as much as 30 yards away - from outside the house - obviously talking to each other. (Occupants had been away for a couple of weeks, and didn't clean up before leaving. Daughter was house-watching and called for help because the noise scared her and she was afraid to look inside.)

If rude urban legends are permitted, there's the old joke about the French lover with the punchline: "But I didn't know she was dead, I thought she was just American."

(sorry about that)

John

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST,ClaireBear
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 06:19 PM

Just for the record, salamanders roar in their salamandery way (at least the one I recently picked up to move off the roadway did). So no joy there.

Ummm...fish?

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 06:25 PM

Birds fly, aren't they pretty?
Sun, moon, all is beauty;
Fish swim-
They don't make a sound!

Chorus for a very old Mel Lyman song.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Kaleea
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 02:03 AM

Try a pet rock. The best pet of all. No noise, no vet bills, no pet chow or kitty litter to buy, & you don't have to walk it.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: open mike
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 02:42 AM

walking stick bugs..
sponges..
i think there is a duck (Muscovy?) that is quackless.
how about jelly fish?
chameleons?

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 01:59 PM

Turtles aren't mute:

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; (Song of Solomon 2:12 [King James version])

I also remember the last few lines of a poem about the giraffe,

"Its neck
   is found
   to check
    all sound
    which wanes
      e'er clear it
       gains the ear
       and so he's mute
         I'll follow suit"

I tried a quick Google, but couldn't find the whole poem. Laid out as above, with the appearance of a giraffe's neck

CHEERS

Nigel

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 02:14 PM

Yeah, but that's a poetical reference to the turtledove, so that doesn't serve as evidence.

Snapping turtles communicate real well with hissing and snapping their sharp jaws.

And I ask again about "voice." Having a voice (making yourself understood) doesn't require making a sound. We can observe many "silent" creatures and make accurate deductions regarding what they want us to know ("don't step on me" "feed me" etc.)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 05:18 PM

A computer mouse, a cat-o-nine-tails, a baseball bat, a plumber's snake, an electrician's fish, a button-fly and the frog on a fiddle bow to name a few.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 06:04 PM

I suppose if you get a sensitive enough mic even a protozoa is noisy.

I wonder what the sound signature of a sperm is?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 06:34 PM

'Please release me?'

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 07:03 PM

Thanks to all contributors*piles of my 'victims' suggested 'amoeba'.


However, decided song too long with everything included, so now do max 6 verses variably- [cos I got lots to choose from!]

Thanks again!

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 07:11 PM

Spiders, ants, earwigs.

Fish make lots of noise but it can only be heard by sonar as it is high frequency.

Shrimp make a frying sound when heard on sonar and a frying sound when dipped in hot oil.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Ebbie
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 09:08 PM

Kaleea: "Try a pet rock. The best pet of all. No noise, no vet bills, no pet chow or kitty litter to buy, & you don't have to walk it.

No, you needn't walk a pet rock but if it's exercise that is desired, you can throw it...

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Joybell
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 09:50 PM

I've never heard a lady koala vocalize. They huff like kangaroos sometimes but it's not really a voice. Male koalas grunt and roar like pigs. Kangaroos just huff and sort of click but don't really vocalize either. Our snakes are completely silent. Cheers, Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 08 Mar 05 - 04:51 AM

teddy bears and nodding dogs

best of luck with this project to give them all a voice. i will watch this thread with great interest

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Mar 05 - 05:08 AM

Lice

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Mr Happy
Date: 12 Apr 05 - 08:20 PM

Thanks again for further suggestions.


Interestingly, most rodents, even though mammals, seem to keep their lips buttoned.

Anyone hazard a guess why this is?

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Sorcha
Date: 13 Apr 05 - 12:15 AM

So the cat can't find them?

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Metchosin
Date: 13 Apr 05 - 02:55 AM

Baby rats vocalize at 30-50 KHz, which is beyond the range of human hearing. They also "laugh" ultrasonicly when playing with each other or when they are being tickled.

Subject: RE: BS: Dumb Animals*Which don't make a noise?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 13 Apr 05 - 06:50 PM

people on mudcat
living in your house
sometimes in your head
behind a screen
behind a name
we take samples of their conversation and reaoning
amateur biopsies
create slides of their lives
put them under the microscope
isolate contentious cells
vivisect carelessly......
dumb noiseless......