News Animals Beyond Falsetto: Do mice sing at ultrasonic frequencies? By Ben Harder November 2, 2005 at 2:16 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Male mice may serenade prospective mates at pitches about two octaves higher than the shrillest sounds audible to people. Holy and Guo SCIENTIFIC IDOL. Mice string “chirplike” ultrasonic noises (shown graphically in yellow) into song, according to a new report. Holy and Guo This “mouse song” is comparable in complexity to the sequences of tones that songbirds and some whales make, say Timothy E.