They communicate infrasonically (through low-pitched sounds), and by touch. As with horses, their skins are very sensitive; touch can relay messages throughout a herd.
Giraffes also sometimes vocalize to one another by grunts or whistle-like cries. When alarmed, a giraffe grunts or snorts to warn neighboring giraffes of the danger. Mother giraffes can whistle to their young calves. Also, cows search for their lost young by making bellowing calls. The calves return their mother's calls by bleating or mewing. While courting an estrous cow, male giraffes may cough raucously.
A giraffe relies on its height for vision. This height allows it to have continual visual contact with the rest of the rest, even from quite a distance. Giraffes also have acute eyesight: a giraffe can spot predators at a distance and can prepare to defend itself by kicking. Giraffes often scatter over a huge area in search of food or drink, and the herd only clusters together if threatened.
Like most animals they make noises, they are normally quiet so they don't attract the attention of a predator and they also use infrasonic communication. Remember that dogs and some other carnivores hear ultrasonic which is above our normal hearing range. Infrasonic would be very deep bass below our normal range of hearing. It would take an animal with a long set of vocal cords to make such a deep noise.
Although generally quiet and not vocal, giraffes have been heard to make various sounds. Courting males will emit loud coughs. Females will call their young by whistling or bellowing. Calves will bleat, moo, or make mewing sounds. In addition, giraffes will grunt, snort, hiss, or make strange flute-like sounds. Recent research has shown evidence that the animal communicates at an infrasound level."
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They communicate infrasonically (through low-pitched sounds), and by touch. As with horses, their skins are very sensitive; touch can relay messages throughout a herd.
Giraffes also sometimes vocalize to one another by grunts or whistle-like cries. When alarmed, a giraffe grunts or snorts to warn neighboring giraffes of the danger. Mother giraffes can whistle to their young calves. Also, cows search for their lost young by making bellowing calls. The calves return their mother's calls by bleating or mewing. While courting an estrous cow, male giraffes may cough raucously.
A giraffe relies on its height for vision. This height allows it to have continual visual contact with the rest of the rest, even from quite a distance. Giraffes also have acute eyesight: a giraffe can spot predators at a distance and can prepare to defend itself by kicking. Giraffes often scatter over a huge area in search of food or drink, and the herd only clusters together if threatened.
Like most animals they make noises, they are normally quiet so they don't attract the attention of a predator and they also use infrasonic communication. Remember that dogs and some other carnivores hear ultrasonic which is above our normal hearing range. Infrasonic would be very deep bass below our normal range of hearing. It would take an animal with a long set of vocal cords to make such a deep noise.
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"Communication
Although generally quiet and not vocal, giraffes have been heard to make various sounds. Courting males will emit loud coughs. Females will call their young by whistling or bellowing. Calves will bleat, moo, or make mewing sounds. In addition, giraffes will grunt, snort, hiss, or make strange flute-like sounds. Recent research has shown evidence that the animal communicates at an infrasound level."