• Rats emit high-frequency 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) in appetitive situations like social interactions. (nih.gov)
  • Muroid rodents regularly use ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs). (uncg.edu)
  • 2023. Ultrasonic vocalizations near 30 kHz may indicate excitement rather than distress in female Wistar rats. (awionline.org)
  • Rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs), sometimes referred to as 50-kHz vocalizations, during activities such as play and lower-frequency USVs, sometimes referred to as 22-kHz vocalizations, when experiencing distress. (awionline.org)
  • Ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) of laboratory rodents indicate animal emotional arousal and may serve as models of human disorders. (awionline.org)
  • Male mice produce ultrasonic vocalizations in the presence of females and both sexes sing during friendly social encounters. (news-medical.net)
  • Mice have been genetically well characterized and used extensively for research on autism as well as in other areas, but until now there have been limitations to studying their ultrasonic vocalizations. (news-medical.net)
  • The team of investigators developed and demonstrated a signal-processing tool that provides rapid, automated, unsupervised and time/date stamped analysis of the ultrasonic vocalizations of mice. (news-medical.net)
  • Because there is such a wide variation in the types of ultrasonic vocalizations made by mice, in order to analyze the information researchers have had to develop ways of categorizing and combining sounds they perceived to be similar using manual or semi-automated techniques. (news-medical.net)
  • The vocalizations of female elephants are also used in order to incite mate guarding behavior in the male, which manifests itself in the form of fighting off any newly arriving mates. (wikipedia.org)
  • Juveniles emmitted a higher proportion (7.4%) of abnormal vocalizations than adults (0.3%), as expected in the development of any complex behavior that requires practice to be mastered. (peerj.com)
  • Sexual behavior in animals. (uncg.edu)
  • The object of our study aimed to review and to correlate genes involved in ASD and those related to ultrasonic communication in animal model studies of language-based social behavior at the PubMed database. (bvsalud.org)
  • Animal behavior specialists continue to debate whether expression should be considered signs of emotion, related to internal physiological changes. (paulekman.com)
  • Publishing in the Quarterly Review of Biology , researchers Kerrie Graham and Gordon Burghardt wrote, 'Play behavior is a paradox in humans and animals, being ubiquitous yet ambiguous. (icr.org)
  • For example, they showed that studies are finding playful behavior in more animals, even in some insects, according to some biological definitions of the word 'play. (icr.org)
  • Animal play is not a single trait, but a behavior resulting from a host of traits such as certain neural connections and instinctive behavioral habit data. (icr.org)
  • If there were clear survival advantages to animal play, then evolutionists would connect that survival factor with an evolutionary past, even without establishing a heritable basis for such a complicated behavior. (icr.org)
  • Spatiotemporal patterns in vocalization behavior free from direct human influence, which occurs during traditional vocal-lure surveys, may also yield novel behavioral insights. (westernfieldornithologists.org)
  • Understanding the complicated vocalizations of mice -- and how they relate to their social behavior -- will be crucial to advancing vocal and social communication research, including understanding how genes that affect vocal communication relate to children with developmental disorders including autism,' said Levitt, who is also WM Keck Provost Professor in Neurogenetics at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. (news-medical.net)
  • We will also use this unique gathering to define some of the key questions that need to be posed to address ultimate and proximate hypotheses about behavior, in the context of animal vocal communication systems. (nimbios.org)
  • Animal Behaviour, Vol. 76, No. 5 (November 2008): 1601-1608. (marquette.edu)
  • The most reliable signs of pain and distress in rodents are changes in behaviour, thus it is important that the animal user has a good knowledge of species specific and individual behaviour. (queensu.ca)
  • All animals should be observed initially from a distance, so their natural behaviour is not inhibited. (queensu.ca)
  • Contact veterinary staff if any changes in animal behaviour are observed. (queensu.ca)
  • Animal Behaviour 87 , 23-29. (upenn.edu)
  • Animal Behaviour 84 , 21-27. (upenn.edu)
  • Animal Behaviour 80 , 3-8. (upenn.edu)
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science 265, 105990. (awionline.org)
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science 260, 105874. (awionline.org)
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science 256, 105753. (awionline.org)
  • Applied Animal Behaviour Science 261, 105881. (awionline.org)
  • Agonistic vocalization behaviour in the male ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta). (awionline.org)
  • The behavioural assessment of individual animals in stressful situations should consider measures which are consistent across repeated testing, and therefore truly representative of an individual's behaviour. (awionline.org)
  • Animal Behaviour, 80, 133-138. (lu.se)
  • Research into the underlying neurobiological basis and heritable nature of vocalizations in humans and animals has identified promising genes and neural networks involved in vocal production, auditory processing and social communication. (news-medical.net)
  • These vocalizations were then compared with a series of templates of spontaneously produced vocalizations so that they could be identified as similar to the appropriate natural call. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Our findings provide the first empirical evidence that spontaneously produced elephant rumble vocalizations function in part to mediate the spatial relationships of group members. (marquette.edu)
  • Chickens are social animals, and chicks emit a distress call when they are isolated from the group (Fig. 1b). (researchgate.net)
  • vocal learning (implying the ability of juveniles to modify their vocalizations based on an external auditory input) and/or vocal tract maturation (involving the improvement of the capacity of juveniles to generate progressively more adult-like vocalizations by the tuning of an innate motor program). (peerj.com)
  • This phenomenon is called innate vocalization. (researchgate.net)
  • It's been widely understood that many animals, including humans, have innate control of breathing - you don't have to use your brain to do it. (scienceblog.com)
  • Yackle and his team suspected that the same control exists for innate vocalizations. (scienceblog.com)
  • These vocalizations evoke distinct patterns of brain activity in homologs of the human perisylvian language areas. (nih.gov)
  • Interestingly, in contrast to human vocal learning, most animals can produce species-specific patterns of vocalization without learning them from their parents. (researchgate.net)
  • This is the 5th volume of selected discussions that took place on the electronic Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum between February 2016 and December 2019. (awionline.org)
  • 2019. Automatic classification of cat vocalizations emitted in different contexts. (awionline.org)
  • 2019. Only when it feels good: Specific cat vocalizations other than meowing. (awionline.org)
  • 2019. Stable individual differences in vocalisation and motor activity during acute stress in the domestic cat. (awionline.org)
  • 2019. Pawsitively sad: Pet-owners are more sensitive to negative emotion in animal distress vocalizations. (awionline.org)
  • 2019. Ultrasonic vocalization of pup and adult fat-tailed gerbils (Pachyuromys duprasi). (awionline.org)
  • The emission of adult vocalizations requires the synchronization of neuromuscular and anatomical structures, and the lack of maturation and/or precise coupling between them would lead to the production of abnormal vocalizations. (peerj.com)
  • Tics are abnormal movements or vocalizations that are diverse in presentation. (medscape.com)
  • If you hear vocalizations coming from your attic or walls, they are most likely caused by raccoons, squirrels, mice, rats, or birds. (wildlifeillinois.org)
  • quiet squeaking noises and "cheep"-like vocalizations, you may have mice or rats . (wildlifeillinois.org)
  • Insulation often muffles mice or rat vocalizations. (wildlifeillinois.org)
  • Squeals and screeches are loud and high-pitched vocalizations during mating or territorial disputes between raccoons. (themocracy.com)
  • At that moment, the animal making the noise abruptly retreated through the woods, crashing through the underbrush and trees in a very loud manner. (bfro.net)
  • Their loud roars can be heard by humans even three miles away through the dense jungle, and they have been called the loudest animals in the New World (Dunn 2008). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Female copulatory vocalizations, also called female copulation calls or coital vocalizations, are produced by female primates, including human females, and female non-primates. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition to emitting copulatory vocalizations during and after copulation (as it is mostly seen in primates), non-primate species also vocalize before engaging in mating. (wikipedia.org)
  • In non-human primates, copulatory vocalizations begin towards the end of the copulatory act or even after copulation. (wikipedia.org)
  • His groundbreaking anatomical system for identifying facial movement in humans has been adapted for an array of animal species, including various primates, dogs, cats, and horses. (paulekman.com)
  • Using a digital audio and GPS recording collar system, we documented the production of rumbles and subsequent movements of five adult female African elephants at Disney's Animal Kingdom, Bay Lake, Florida, U.S.A. This recording system allowed us to identify the producer of each rumble and to document the effect of rumbles on the movements of herd members relative to the caller. (marquette.edu)
  • They are generally opportunistic omnivores and mainly feed on plants and animals with limited movements. (wikipedia.org)
  • It also considers information that users enter about patients' movements and vocalizations. (medscape.com)
  • Here we identified neural systems associated with perceiving species-specific vocalizations in rhesus macaques using H(2)(15)O positron emission tomography (PET). (nih.gov)
  • Based on the definition of pain from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage and should be expected in an animal subjected to any procedure or disease model that would be likely to cause pain in a human. (queensu.ca)
  • Vocalization may transmit information from the emitting animal, including information about his or her emotional state. (awionline.org)
  • Concerning vocalization, an aspect of increasing relevance directly connected with the welfare of such animals is its emotional interpretation. (awionline.org)
  • article{Nicholson2023, doi = {10.21105/joss.05338}, url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05338}, year = {2023}, publisher = {The Open Journal}, volume = {8}, number = {84}, pages = {5338}, author = {David Nicholson}, title = {Crowsetta: A Python tool to work with any format for annotating animal vocalizations and bioacoustics data. (theoj.org)
  • Copulatory vocalizations usually occur during copulation and are hence related to sexual activity. (wikipedia.org)
  • In humans, coital vocalizations are linked to sexual pleasure or sexual gratification and orgasm, hence occurring during copulation and serving as an expression of sexual pleasure. (wikipedia.org)
  • Vocalizations that are made prior to copulation are named mating calls. (wikipedia.org)
  • The percentage of vocalizations after copulation varies dependent on the non-human primate species studied. (wikipedia.org)
  • My results suggest that vocalizations produced by males may serve to attract females and facilitate copulation whereas, vocalizations produced by females may serve to mediate social interactions with other females and as warning signals for newly weaned pups. (uncg.edu)
  • ABSTRACT: Emerging bioacoustic technology allows researchers to passively record animal vocalizations to study population dynamics at relatively broad spatial scales. (westernfieldornithologists.org)
  • Vocal emissions in non-human mammals can be used as non-invasive indicators of animal emotion and welfare. (awionline.org)
  • The American pika is a very vocal animal! (nhptv.org)
  • The aim of this workshop is to bridge the gap between mathematical and biological researchers with an interest in the quantitative analysis of animal vocal sequences. (nimbios.org)
  • This workshop that will take a first step towards building a coherent community of researchers of animal vocal sequences, with a well-defined framework for collaborative research and consistent hypothesis-driven paradigms. (nimbios.org)
  • 2015. Quantifying similarity in animal vocal sequences: which metric performs best? (nimbios.org)
  • The study's authors offered a mixture of interesting observations from recent studies of animal play along with confused, unscientific 'explanations' within an evolutionary context. (icr.org)
  • 2 However, animal and human play make sense in the context of creation, where a powerful and benevolent God wove both aesthetic and survival traits together into each of His creatures. (icr.org)
  • However, to date, there is limited understanding of how animals respond to humans reproducing their facial displays, or if this. (awionline.org)
  • Crows can mimic sounds made by other birds and animals. (earthlife.net)
  • All birds produce vocalizations as a form of tcommunication with other individuals. (researchgate.net)
  • Vocalization plays a significant role in social communication across species such as speech by humans and song by birds. (news-medical.net)
  • It will bring together researchers specializing on key animal taxa (such as cetaceans, bats, song birds, etc), biologists investigating animal communication in general, cognitive psychologists and computational linguists, and mathematicians and computer scientists with specialist knowledge of key algorithms and analytical principles. (nimbios.org)
  • It is agreed that coital vocalizations fulfill an evolutionary purpose and that they serve as adaptive solutions to problems that the females face, such as infanticide, as well as obtaining high quality sperm. (wikipedia.org)
  • 20,000 Hz and hence not discernible by the human ear) to attract females, with the quantity of calls being related to the male's mating success, making these vocalizations a sexually selected trait. (wikipedia.org)
  • Not only females make use of this, as male Columbian ground squirrels have been observed to use copulatory vocalizations in order to announce their post-copulatory mate guarding to others. (wikipedia.org)
  • Females produce more 3SV vocalizations than males and the mean overall modulation and bandwidth were lower in males than females. (uncg.edu)
  • This pattern appears to be driven by the response of females, who decreased their visitations by 70% in response to human vocalizations, while visitations by males remained unchanged. (bioone.org)
  • Providing evidence that changes in female visitation rates were a function of the perceived fear of white rhinos, we found that both sexes exhibited more vigilance in response to human vocalizations (males 69.5%, females 96%) compared to controls. (bioone.org)
  • Four parts of the guinea pig brain were stimulated with tungsten electrodes under urethane anaesthesia to record sequences of vocalizations. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Audio files were recorded while the guinea pig produced a series of vocalizations in response to electrical brain stimulation. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that a small cluster of neurons in the brain stem not only regulates tempo but also coordinates vocalization with breathing. (scienceblog.com)
  • After mentioning that some animals play silently and others noisily, as well as citing some brain activity that accompanies these behaviors, the authors wrote, 'Equivalents of laughter across a variety of species is indicative of play's origins and its evolutionary significance. (icr.org)
  • These vocalizations are often accompanied by shuffling noises or creaks as the raccoons walk across the ceiling joists. (wildlifeillinois.org)
  • Raccoons are not territorial animals, but they do have home ranges that they defend. (themocracy.com)
  • A study on human classification and interpretation of domestic cat vocalizations. (awionline.org)
  • According to Allison Knoll, PhD, of CHLA, first co-author on the study, researchers in the field have been aware of and working to interpret the meaning of mouse vocalization by categorizing the sounds using a syllable classification system - with discrete sounds defined as syllables. (news-medical.net)
  • We broadcasted repeated human (treatment) and bird (control) vocalizations, and measured changes in visitations and antipredator responses. (bioone.org)
  • We found that overall rhino visitations did not change in response to controls but decreased by 46% in response to human vocalizations. (bioone.org)
  • PETA-whose motto reads, in part, that "animals are not ours to eat"-opposes speciesism, which is a human-supremacist worldview. (peta.org)
  • While created to study human expression, Dr. Ekman's Facial Action Coding System (FACS) has served an important role in the study of animal emotions and facial expressions. (paulekman.com)
  • We were just getting ready to go inside when we both heard a scream that sounded like a human yelling and an animal growl-scream quality, coming from behind the house. (bfro.net)
  • Although the domestic cat (Felis catus) is probably the most widespread companion animal in the world and interacts in a complex and multifaceted way with humans, the human-cat relationship and reciprocal communication have received far. (awionline.org)
  • What makes any vocalization in an animal an equivalent to human laughter? (icr.org)
  • This tool removes bias by fully automating the processing of vocalizations using signal-processing methods employed in human speech and language analysis,' said Knoll. (news-medical.net)
  • Recent developments in the mathematical analysis of complex animal communication have generated opportunities to understand the functional aspects of animal vocalizations, their role in social organization, and ultimately to explore the origins and evolution of human language. (nimbios.org)
  • 2014. Acoustic sequences in non-human animals: A tutorial review and prospectus. (nimbios.org)
  • These tables and figures provide supplemental information not published in Surveillance for harmful algal bloom events and associated human and animal illnesses-One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System, United States, 2016-2018 ( MMWR Weekly ). (cdc.gov)
  • There were 73 HAB events with associated human cases, 42 with associated animal cases, and 6 with associated human and animal cases. (cdc.gov)
  • There were 389 cases of human illnesses and at least 413 cases of animal illnesses associated with reported HAB events. (cdc.gov)
  • Two separate HAB events produced peaks of human and animal cases, as seen in this figure. (cdc.gov)
  • HAB event month was assigned based on available data, using the following hierarchy: 1) bloom observation date, 2) month of bloom notification, 3) earliest date of an associated human or animal case. (cdc.gov)
  • i could not believe i was hearing the identical sounds we heard that day , then They even top it by telling me that there have been several other sightings and vocalizations from that area and that they would like to come down and check it out for themselves , that was the last contact i had with them , a letter along with the tapes from 2/4/02. (bfro.net)
  • Chittering sounds are soft and high-pitched vocalizations often associated with contentment or excitement. (themocracy.com)
  • What kind of animal sounds can YOU impersonate? (zoochat.com)
  • These sounds were like whoops, with several animals at once. (bfro.net)
  • He said, 'I don't suppose you've ever heard the sounds these animals make? (npr.org)
  • They were, as we learned later, the sounds of just one animal. (npr.org)
  • We can classify sounds of domestic animals, livestock animals, and wild animals. (apple.com)
  • group activities, respiratory sounds, vocalizations. (apple.com)
  • Cats employ vocalizations for communicating information, thus their sounds can carry a wide range of meanings. (awionline.org)
  • The graphic registration of the frequency and intensity of sounds, such as speech, infant crying, and animal vocalizations. (bvsalud.org)
  • Simple phonic tics are simple vocalizations or sounds. (medscape.com)
  • are subterranean rodents that produce territorial, high intensity long-range vocalizations (LRVs) of, broadband and low frequency that are essential for long-distance communication between individuals in different tunnel systems. (peerj.com)
  • Because of the time and date stamp attached to the vocalizations, the investigators expect that this tool will be useful in correlating vocalizations with video recorded behavioral interactions, allowing additional information to be mined from mouse models relevant to the social deficits experienced by persons with autism. (news-medical.net)
  • by retention of juvenile vocalizations, through the modification of juvenile precursors or by a de novo appearance in adults. (peerj.com)
  • We also show authentic vocalizations and laughs (i.e. main effects of authenticity and emotion) to be perceived as more authentic, arousing and contagious than acted vocalizations and cries, respectively. (nature.com)
  • Do animals communicate emotion? (paulekman.com)
  • While the various animal FACS systems do not make direct inferences about underlying emotions, the observable objective measurements made possible by these systems provide promising platforms for future research further investigating the relationship between animal facial expressions and emotion. (paulekman.com)
  • As these intelligent mammals roam through forests and city neighborhoods, their vocalizations are crucial in their communication and interactions. (themocracy.com)
  • Different from songbirds, crowing is a singing vocalization produced by chickens that cannot be learned through imitation. (researchgate.net)
  • The group notes that cows, bulls, sheep, pigs, chickens, and other animals feel pain and fear and value their lives, just as humans do, and that the only way to help prevent them from suffering in slaughterhouses is not to eat them. (peta.org)
  • Always inspect the attic for other signs, such as droppings, chew marks, paths left in the insulation, or sightings of the animal or bird. (wildlifeillinois.org)
  • It is generally agreed that pain adversely impacts the welfare of animals and that in research protocols, pain, if not controlled, is a variable which can confound the interpretation of experimental results. (queensu.ca)
  • This database, created in 2000, is updated every three months with newly published scientific articles, books, and other publications related to improving or safeguarding the welfare of animals used in research. (awionline.org)
  • The diversity of animal acoustic signals has evolved due to multiple ecological processes, both biotic and abiotic. (frontiersin.org)
  • At the level of communities of signaling animals, these processes may lead to diverse outcomes, including partitioning of acoustic signals along multiple axes (divergent signal parameters, signaling locations, and timing). (frontiersin.org)
  • The intention was that each group would generate a draft section of a manuscript that would provide a comprehensive review of the analysis of animal acoustic sequences. (nimbios.org)
  • It smelled like animal droppings mixed with other odors. (bfro.net)
  • Rumble vocalizations mediate interpartner distance in African elephant" by Katherine A. Leighty, Joseph Soltis et al. (marquette.edu)
  • Even after renewed research efforts, animal play continues to defy evolutionary origins. (icr.org)
  • Field observations and playback experiments suggest that African elephants use low-frequency rumble vocalizations to reunite with their herd members following periods of fission. (marquette.edu)
  • It's Okay to Cry - Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum [LAREF], Volume V. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC. (awionline.org)
  • Vocalizations became progressively longer, but the series types shown by adults were evident in juveniles at an early age. (peerj.com)
  • He was suppose to come down and meet me so that i could take him out to the location this vocalization occurred , unfortunatley he never made it down. (bfro.net)
  • Hi all, I have made an audio recording in Tasmania and am trying to identify the animal calling. (zoochat.com)
  • Polygamous .The nest is suspended from a branch and is made from wool, animal hair, soft plant materials bound with spiders' web. (birdforum.net)
  • In response, we sent a letter this morning calling on the Lynchburg Commonwealth's attorney to review the matter and, as appropriate, file criminal cruelty-to-animals charges against the facility and the workers responsible for violations made on June 5 and 12 . (peta.org)
  • 2. The argument is made that animal welfare is all to. (awionline.org)
  • In regard to the calling properties, frequency analysis is typically used in research to look at the complexity of the vocalization and to distinguish between calls, which is important in determining their function. (wikipedia.org)
  • Growls and hisses are defensive and aggressive vocalizations. (themocracy.com)
  • Vocalizations are used by group-living animals as aggressive and submissive signals during agonistic interactions, and are also used to maintain dominance hierarchies in many species. (awionline.org)
  • Animal communication tactics are most frequently noted during situations revolving around basic survival needs (e.g., hunting, protecting from predators, mating, etc. (paulekman.com)
  • 2022. Cat vocalization in aversive and pleasant situations. (awionline.org)
  • The review section that discussed possible developmental effects of play resorted to a half-dozen speculations, each marked by the word 'may'-as in, 'that animals play cooperatively may represent a suite of cooperative behaviors relevant to the evolution of sociality. (icr.org)
  • At approximately 8:50am on June 5, 2020 … IPP … observed a conscious animal on the rail. (peta.org)
  • Regarding animal models in ASD, many studies focus on gene expression, cortical neuronal migration and cell maturation, and neural network deficits. (bvsalud.org)
  • The presence of IA varies across animal species, which has stimulated research to investigate. (awionline.org)
  • The second employee successfully rendered the animal unconscious with the 2nd stun using the same HHCB. (peta.org)
  • The employee retrieved the backup 20-gauge shotgun and immediately administered an effective second stun, rendering the animal unconscious. (peta.org)
  • The extent and limits of cooperation in animals. (upenn.edu)
  • Some maintain that it is more useful to consider the expressions as simply communicative signals, and many studies have done that, describing only what animals do. (paulekman.com)
  • Inspectors documented that a metal bolt was lodged in one conscious cow's skull, another animal who had been ineffectively shot in the head was hanging upside down while conscious and lifting her head, and a third suffered from a head wound after being shot until a worker shot the animal a second time. (peta.org)
  • The botched shots left a metal bolt lodged in one animal's skull, another animal hanging upside down while conscious, and a third with a hole in his or her head. (peta.org)
  • The employee rendered a stun with the captive bolt gun, but the animal did not drop. (peta.org)
  • A second employee came up into the knock box area to assist and reloaded the captive bolt and attempted a second time to knock the animal. (peta.org)
  • How do animals use facial expressions to communicate? (paulekman.com)
  • People are often observed mimicking animals' facial expressions in an attempt to communicate with them. (awionline.org)