Cell Phones Heed Call of the Wild

Cell-phone users in the United States will soon have the option to set their ringers to the song of the pied butcherbird, cry of the screaming piha or tremolo of a loon, among other critters, reports Wired.

Classic Ringtones, which offers about 40 different chirps, roars and calls from various animals, is launching in the United States in late November, after pioneering its nature notes in the United Kingdom last year.

And nice, "Executives are committed to giving the animals a cut of their success. "Songwriter's fees" of 10 percent of each sale will be donated to environmental and nature advocacy groups."

Related articles on animal tones:

-- Birdsong ringtones

-- Downloading animal-noise ringtones for a good cause

-- Ringtone for biology majors

-- More on animal noises made in the wild

-- "gorilla beating its chest" ringtone, courtesy of The British Library

emily | 4:24 PM | Animal Tones |
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