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pnwest

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4. Had no clue that some fish could sing! But of

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2019, 12:53 AM

Aug 2019

course it makes sense - dolphins and whales communicate with song, why not fish? Never even occurred to me to wonder. Very cool to learn that, and hear it.

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Fish recorded singing dawn chorus on reefs just like birds [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2019 OP

They sound like trombones and tubas being played badly. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #1

why would fish want to imitate some brass instruments? certainot Aug 2019 #3

sounds like they're out of tune? Locrian Aug 2019 #8

I had no idea that fish could sing!. That's amazing. Arkansas Granny Aug 2019 #2

Had no clue that some fish could sing! But of pnwest Aug 2019 #4

Yikes! Reminds me of the jaws music!!! Karadeniz Aug 2019 #5

Its got a good beat and I can dance to it, I give it a 95. marble falls Aug 2019 #6

My first impression was colorado_ufo Aug 2019 #7