HBM143: Laughing Rats and Dawn Rituals
/Animals sometimes make noises that would be impossible to place without context. In this episode, three types of animal vocalizations—described by the people who recorded them.
Ashley Ahearn: Journalist and producer of Grouse, from Birdnote and Boise State Public Radio
Joel Balsam: Journalist and producer of the upcoming podcast Parallel Lives. Joel co-created a photo essay for ESPN about the “pororoca”, an Amazonian wave chased each year by surfers.
Kevin Coffey, Ph.D.: Co-creator of DeepSqueak and researcher at VA Puget Sound and the University of Washington. Kevin co-authored the paper DeepSqueak: a deep learning-based system for detection and analysis of ultrasonic vocalizations in Nature’s Neuropsychopharmacology journal.
Also heard: calls of the Indies Short Tailed Cricket (Anurogryllus celerinictus), which may be the perpetrator of the so-called “sonic attacks” recently reported in Cuba. Sound sent in by HBM listener Isaul in Puerto Rico.
Producer: Jeff Emtman
Music: The Black Spot