Ants (Riaza)

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Manuel Calurano

January 22nd, 2012

Sound effects > Natural elements and explosions

Since I was walking in the Riaza River Gorges I saw a lot of ants on the remains of an animal. I put over a pair of contact mics trying not to disturb to the ants. Maybe the sound you can hear in this audio is produced by the ants eating or the .
"Hoces del Río Riaza" Natural Park (Segovia) / 2010-09-04 11:00

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Type

Mp3 (.mp3)

Duration

4:25.627

File size

6.1 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bitrate

192 kbps

Channels

Stereo

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leocaute

11 years, 10 months ago

Excellent!

alioso

12 years, 7 months ago

Thanks. Very nice recording and idea

AlienXXX

12 years, 8 months ago

Actually, I just saw a nature program by David Attenborough...
LEaf cutter ants make these chirpy sounds to alert other ants that they found a tasty leaf. I guess these ants are making a similar sound to call other ants to food.

PPWEISS

13 years, 4 months ago

wow! thank you!

JHeath

13 years, 10 months ago

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this.

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