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Songs of Achatina snails

  Snails can sometimes reproduce various sounds reminding sharp or lingering squeak, singing, muffled mutter - in general, they can "sing".
  Here is the record of such sounds, in МР3 format. I didn’t do anything with these "songs", except for amplification of a signal.

  The snail Sofia performs:

  Sof01.mp3

  Sof02.mp3

  Sof03.mp3

  The origin of these sounds is rather simple. In a quiet condition the body (leg) of a snail goes beyond its shell a little. Its respiratory aperture is open and air easily comes to lungs. When the snail, for example, is frightened, edges of a respiratory aperture are closed, and the body of a snail draws into a shell. Air under pressure leaves through the closed respiratory aperture, forcing his edges to vibrate.
  By the same principle vocal chords of the person and many animals work.

Songs of Achatina snails Songs of Achatina snails

  In pictures: on the right - the respiratory aperture of a snail Achatina snail is open, on the left - it is closed, and the snail can produce a sound.

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