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Do all lions sound the same?

Oxford Sparks Big Questions

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Lion Rors - What Do You Think About Them?

To get those 300 roars, matthew had to wade through 60 days of audio. That is one thousand 400 and forty hours. The idea of wading through that amount of tape literally gives me a stress headache. In fact, the whole lion roar, when you're up close to it, it really rattles your body and your bones. It's a incredible sound. A typical lion rols is delivered in bout. Firstly, it starts off with these kind of soft moans, perhaps one or two, and then it progresses into these really loud, full throated roars,. How many you can actually hear in the background? There's another individual calling as well. I

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