The physiology of the avian vocal apparatus is a lot more complex than the human’s. Birds have an organ called a syrinx (named for the Greek nymph – this is a human name, not a bird one – ed.) that sits at the bottom of the trachea. The human larynx, by contrast, is at the top.
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THIS IS WEIRD VIBRATIONS // the politics of sound
Sound in Bangkok
