Borneo’s tree-hole frog may come as close to playing a musical instrument as any wild animal does, according to new tests.
DEEP VOICE. A male tree-hole frog in Borneo advertises for a companion. Lardner
Plenty of animals make structured sounds, but this inch-long rain forest frog adjusts its vocal performance to create a specific quality–resonance–from an object in its environment, says Björn Lardner of the University of Lund in Sweden.
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