random thoughts
lucas is almost one year old.. i think we;ll have a party.
i cut ph's hair again, and now have to fix it, again.. it always takes me two or three days to get it right.
what sound does a giraffe make anyway? when i show the farm animals popup book to lu, i always make the animal sounds.. but when i get to the giraffe, i say "...and this is a giraffe..." hehe..
when i chop vegetables i think of agnes de saint ceran.
kilian said my balcony feels like youre on some huge crazy ship, and i think about that alot.
lucas favorite new thing to do is to drop a plastic ball into the basket of his new push toy, and hear it go clickety clak clak clunk, until the ball magically reappears in the bottom tray.
posted by bb @ 3:05 AM
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Here is more than anybody would ever want to know about giraffe noises:
As giraffes are rarely heard, many people think they are mute. They are generally quiet, but will vocalize by emitting moans, hisses, snores, hisses, coughs, grunts, moos, snorts, bleats (similar to that of a young calf or sheep), low notes, low, fluttering sounds or flute-like sounds or whistles. They may make loud grunts, roars or snort when they feel alarmed or threatened. Courting males may let out a loud cough. Females may whistle to call their young or bellow when seeking lost calves. Calves can bleat and make mewing calls. Giraffes also produce infrasounds. Most of the time, the only noise made by giraffes is the gentle clicking of their hooves as they lift their feet clear of the ground.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/tallblondes/infrasound.html goes into detail about giraffe infrasound. These low-pitched sounds can travel farther than higher-pitched noises through the air and earth. Long-distance communication helps giraffes, which can be spread over vast territories. In 1998, Elizabeth von Muggenthaler of the Fauna Communications Research Institute in North Carolina and a group of colleagues announced that giraffes probably use infrasound to communicate, as she had studied the use of infrasound by the okapi. The researchers thought that giraffes probably used sounds, because they are very social, hide in forests (where visual communication is difficult) and hide their young while foraging. They are hunted by predators, but were thought to be mute. The researchers said that no other animals with similar behaviours were mute, as they would be unable to survive if they couldn't communicate. Also, the nature of the giraffes' ears show that thye can tune in on sounds.
In their zoo study, the researchers noticed that low sounds seemed to coincide with two behaviours: the "neck stretch," where giraffes throw their head and necks back over their bodies; and the "head throw," in which the animals lower and then quickly raise their chins.
source: about.com
Zoey just says, "Giraffes don't say anything." She also says this about bunnies.
Hey is the hair cut thrown in with the room and boards?
It takes me three weeks to get it right. Hey, maybe I should use a mirror. Do you think that would help...
I thought pH cut his own hair...oops...
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