Using The Internet To Entertain Yourself

There are a lot of fun things you can do on the internet. I found this one thing especially fun today.

If you go to wikipedia and type in "animal sounds" you get a list of verbs in the English language that are used as representations for the sounds that various animals make.

It turns out that:

Ferrets "Dook."
Falcons "Chant."
Humans "talk, laugh, scream, sing, whisper, moan, grunt, cry, hum, squeal, chant, whinney, and rap."
Nightingales both "Pipe" and "Warble."
Most other species of bird tend to "Scream," apparently. Even peacocks. I know, right?
Walruses "Ort."
And zebras "Click."

Walruses "Ort" and zebras "Click"?

They "Click"?

I tried to say "Ort" in a variety of ways. Not once did I sound like a walrus.

Look further into that article and you can learn about something called "The Weasel War Dance." In rabbits, it's called "Binky." You can even find links to videos of small mammals performing this bizarre feat.

P.S.

Am I the only one who sees the extremely ironic futility of trying to make a short list of the sounds that humans can make, using letters and words that humans invented to represent concepts and, yes, sounds?

Double P.S.

This is the real bit of advice. Look up "animal sounds" on wikipedia, and start clicking on what appear to be interestingly highlighted phrases. If you read the phrases that you'll find, that people have written, in the right mindset, you'll laugh so hard you won't be able to click another link.