More on animal noises made in the wild

Here's more on The British Library's offering of animal noises made in the wild and where they can be found. They are available on Mobiletones, for owners of Samsung T100 or V200 handsets. But anyone can sample one of the 40 sounds in their catalogue, check them out! Here's my selection: VERY VERY frightening-I-kid-you-not, the Desert Cobra Attack. Hippos Bellowing is full of merriment. Extremely irritating, though as a general rule bird sounds are proven to be relaxing, Pengouins colony, and exactly what you would expect, Pigs grunting sounds like, well, pigs grunting. Unfortunately, the much written about "gorilla pounding his chest" sound is not in this first offering.

In this very amusing article published in The Telegraph, Bryony Gordon samples the animal ringtones while commuting into London and later, wondering around the City. "Allocating a particular wildlife ringtone to a specific caller captured the imagination of many - particularly the concept of using howling wolves for the in-laws. In Trafalgar Square, Linda Belenkin, 47, laughed when she heard the pig grunts. "I might download that and use it as a warning that my bank manager is calling".

emily | 10:33 AM | Animal Tones |
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