Vocalizations and vocal mimicry in captive harbor seals, Phoca vitulina
Vocalizations recorded from captive harbor seals are described and illustrated. Pups of both sexes vocalized, but females over 1 year of age rarely vocalized. Sexually mature males were the most vocal animals. Two adult males produced sounds that mimicked one or more English words and phrases, which...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z85-157 2024-09-30T14:41:21+00:00 Vocalizations and vocal mimicry in captive harbor seals, Phoca vitulina Ralls, Katherine Fiorelli, Patricia Gish, Sheri 1985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z85-157 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z85-157 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 63, issue 5, page 1050-1056 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 journal-article 1985 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z85-157 2024-09-19T04:09:48Z Vocalizations recorded from captive harbor seals are described and illustrated. Pups of both sexes vocalized, but females over 1 year of age rarely vocalized. Sexually mature males were the most vocal animals. Two adult males produced sounds that mimicked one or more English words and phrases, which is noteworthy in view of the rarity of demonstrated vocal learning in mammals. Although similar in many ways to other seal sounds, these speechlike sounds contained a variety of human speech cues. We speculate that male harbor seals may mimic other males in the wild. Article in Journal/Newspaper Phoca vitulina Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Zoology 63 5 1050 1056 |
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Vocalizations recorded from captive harbor seals are described and illustrated. Pups of both sexes vocalized, but females over 1 year of age rarely vocalized. Sexually mature males were the most vocal animals. Two adult males produced sounds that mimicked one or more English words and phrases, which is noteworthy in view of the rarity of demonstrated vocal learning in mammals. Although similar in many ways to other seal sounds, these speechlike sounds contained a variety of human speech cues. We speculate that male harbor seals may mimic other males in the wild. |
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Ralls, Katherine Fiorelli, Patricia Gish, Sheri Vocalizations and vocal mimicry in captive harbor seals, Phoca vitulina |
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Vocalizations and vocal mimicry in captive harbor seals, Phoca vitulina |
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Vocalizations and vocal mimicry in captive harbor seals, Phoca vitulina |
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Vocalizations and vocal mimicry in captive harbor seals, Phoca vitulina |
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