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Wednesday
Feb172010

Who Needs a Tone Generator When You Have a Bird?

Posted DateWednesday, February 17, 2010 at 09:15PM in by AuthorJohn Huntington

One of my students, Courtley Dennis, sent me this very cool video from the awesome Cornell Lab of Ornithology  (via National Geographic)

The male club-winged manakin bird makes a 1500 Hz tone with its wings!  Now, just hold that bird up to your microphone and you have an all natural tone generator.

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nature is awesome. ii wonder if there are more creatures like this out there

February 18, 2010 | Unregistered Commentercourtley dennis
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