Comments on: Singing Mice http://heracliteanfire.net/2005/11/01/singing-mice/ Harry Rutherford's Blog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Harry http://heracliteanfire.net/2005/11/01/singing-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Harry Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:31:36 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/?p=331#comment-131 fyi: those blackbird songs seem to be working again now. Definitely worth listening to. fyi:

those blackbird songs seem to be working again now. Definitely worth listening to.

]]> By: Harry http://heracliteanfire.net/2005/11/01/singing-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Harry Wed, 02 Nov 2005 11:03:47 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/?p=331#comment-125 Oh, well, I commented on this blog a while back about a book ('The Mating Mind' by Geoffrey Miller) which argues that pretty much all human culture - music, sport, art, poetry, dancing - has evolved as a sexual display. It's not a ludicrous theory. Those blackbird recordings seem to be broken, which is a pity. I haven't listened to them for a long time, but they wwere cool. There was a slowed-down skylark recording as well. <a href="http://www.naturesongs.com/recordists/nrfiles.html" rel="nofollow">This site</a> has some wacky ones, including <a href="http://www.naturesongs.com/recordists/tree2_copy.mp3" rel="nofollow">a tree</a>. There are some slowed-down bird calls, too: <a href="http://www.naturesongs.com/recordists/srca3normal.wav" rel="nofollow">normal</a>, and <a href="http://www.naturesongs.com/recordists/srca33xresample.wav" rel="nofollow">1/3 speed</a>. That's a <a href="http://panamabirding.com/birds/pic.php?b=545&p=t" rel="nofollow">Scarlet-rumped Cacique</a>. Oh, well, I commented on this blog a while back about a book (‘The Mating Mind’ by Geoffrey Miller) which argues that pretty much all human culture – music, sport, art, poetry, dancing – has evolved as a sexual display. It’s not a ludicrous theory.

Those blackbird recordings seem to be broken, which is a pity. I haven’t listened to them for a long time, but they wwere cool. There was a slowed-down skylark recording as well. This site has some wacky ones, including a tree. There are some slowed-down bird calls, too: normal, and 1/3 speed. That’s a Scarlet-rumped Cacique.

]]> By: Rob Mackenzie http://heracliteanfire.net/2005/11/01/singing-mice/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Rob Mackenzie Wed, 02 Nov 2005 09:06:03 +0000 http://heracliteanfire.net/?p=331#comment-124 Interesting. I wonder if there is a link between music and sex in human beings too. Traditionally, the right music at the right time helps. "...But whether a male gains an advantage when it comes to mating by singing well is something nobody has yet looked at." It can't be easy to understand the musical tastes of mice. Who can even tell why Boney M sold so many records to humans? I could get to the blackbird page but couldn't play the audio files - my computer, for some reason, doesn't like Real Player files (I've never been able to figure out why), so that might be my problem. Interesting. I wonder if there is a link between music and sex in human beings too. Traditionally, the right music at the right time helps.

“…But whether a male gains an advantage when it comes to mating by singing well is something nobody has yet looked at.”

It can’t be easy to understand the musical tastes of mice. Who can even tell why Boney M sold so many records to humans?

I could get to the blackbird page but couldn’t play the audio files – my computer, for some reason, doesn’t like Real Player files (I’ve never been able to figure out why), so that might be my problem.

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