cows go moo

Antipasti · 29 Jul 2018 at 12:43

Arsonist said:
Animal calls are all based on a variety of factors. Primarily, what ecological niche they fit into. Cows, for example, roam wide open spaces where deeper sounds travel further. They're also quite a large ungulate hence their voice chords are sufficiently large to produce such a sound. In the case of sheep, its a similar story. However sheep (even historically before domestication) roam also wide open spaces, often rocky and hilly, but with many hundreds of other sheep. Their particular baaa call contains more varying frequencies than a simple moo, and so individuals can be identified by their young, mothers etc.

In essence, all animal calls have been adapted to fit into their ecology, habitat etc: so where they live, if they're a social species, how large they are, if they're predated by any animals, how secretive they need to be etc.

OCUK never ceases to amaze me on a Sunday morning!

robfosters · 29 Jul 2018 at 12:44

Where the hell did the roosters ****-a-doodle-doo come from?!

Why is **** censored. It’s an everyday word?

**** a pistol
**** sure
**** up
**** eyed
**** your head to the side

bjorkiii · 29 Jul 2018 at 12:46

I thought it was because humans would **** themselves if they came across a cow that was baahing or sheep mooing plus other stuff ok.

Diddums x · 29 Jul 2018 at 13:01

robfosters said:
Where the hell did the roosters ****-a-doodle-doo come from?!

Why is **** censored. It’s an everyday word?

**** a pistol
**** sure
**** up
**** eyed
**** your head to the side

Odd isn't it? You can't say that but you can call rubberduck an arsebiscuit. Makes no sense :confused:

Diddums x · 29 Jul 2018 at 13:03

Arsonist said:
Animal calls are all based on a variety of factors. Primarily, what ecological niche they fit into. Cows, for example, roam wide open spaces where deeper sounds travel further. They're also quite a large ungulate hence their voice chords are sufficiently large to produce such a sound. In the case of sheep, its a similar story. However sheep (even historically before domestication) roam also wide open spaces, often rocky and hilly, but with many hundreds of other sheep. Their particular baaa call contains more varying frequencies than a simple moo, and so individuals can be identified by their young, mothers etc.

In essence, all animal calls have been adapted to fit into their ecology, habitat etc: so where they live, if they're a social species, how large they are, if they're predated by any animals, how secretive they need to be etc.

You just stuck your thumb up your arse and this is what came out, isn't it?

wolfie138 · 29 Jul 2018 at 13:32

Destination said:
That would be the shape of their voice box, neck, throat, and lung size.....

unless you're a parrot, then you can make all those sounds.

Housey · 29 Jul 2018 at 13:33

I thought cows went meow?

Hades · 29 Jul 2018 at 13:37

Jokester said:
On a similar note, how the hell can woman bend their arms at the elbows beyond the arm being straight?

Freaks me out that.

It's a redundant trait from evolutuon where females need extra flexibility to elbow people out of the way during the Boxing Day and Summer sales. It's use has started to fall away with the advent of internet shopping but the physical trait still persists to this day.

It's also why many women evolved to have very pointy elbows, despite it being an unattractive feature to many males.

Devrij · 29 Jul 2018 at 15:10

peterwalkley said:
OP never saw this then ?

I felt like a pro rapper when I could finally sing along to that for the first time.

Arsonist · 29 Jul 2018 at 15:32

Diddums said:
You just stuck your thumb up your arse and this is what came out, isn't it?

No. Part of my actual job is to explain biological adaptations of various species in a variety of ways. So my answer is, in layman's terms, scientifically true.

Squark · 29 Jul 2018 at 16:18

What's funny is how different nationalities interpret a rooster crowing

UK ****-a-doodle-do
India (tamil) ko-kura-koh
Swiss German ki-kiri-kii

Those are the ones I know of

Raz · 29 Jul 2018 at 16:22

hornetstinger said:
So I was pondering why is it animals make a certain call, ie why don't cows go baa and sheep go moo?

Wouldn't you then just ask why do cows go baa and sheep go moo...

Diddums x · 29 Jul 2018 at 16:25

Arsonist said:
No. Part of my actual job is to explain biological adaptations of various species in a variety of ways. So my answer is, in layman's terms, scientifically true.

Interesting. Do you have a source for this? I'm rather intrigued

Dav4 · 29 Jul 2018 at 16:35

Gigabit said:

Lol that’s what I thought when I read the title I thought it was going to be a joke thread.

Safetytrousers · 29 Jul 2018 at 16:47

Cows are small creatures with eight long legs
Cows make a web made of silky thread which is created inside the cow's body
Female cows lay their eggs on the web and when they hatch the baby cows leave the nest very quickly
Cows are not very friendly and usually live by themselves
Cows are not only very clever they also look beautiful

Zefan · 29 Jul 2018 at 17:03

Eurofighter · 29 Jul 2018 at 18:58

Hens can also crow but they don’t do it as often.

chaparral · 29 Jul 2018 at 19:22

Roland Butter said:
I myself have long wondered why doing this can only be done by females,
what extra bones have males got that prevents us from gazing at the backs of
our own knees ?

Arsonist · 30 Jul 2018 at 10:07

Diddums said:
Interesting. Do you have a source for this? I'm rather intrigued

Do I have a source that this is my job? Or for my explanation? If the latter, then no direct sources as my answer was based on immediate experience, knowledge and understanding of the natural world. But I can certainly find some if you like?

wolfie138 · 30 Jul 2018 at 11:05