Important Zoo Sounds.

[Pertinax]

Yorkshire Wildlife Park on the bridge with lions on all sides probably about 8 of the 13 roaring at once - both spine tingling moments

The interesting thing about Lions roaring is each one seems to have to go through its complete roaring cycle-so they tend to start and stop at different times- the ones that join in later finishing last. I can remember watching them carefully in the old London Zoo LionHouse and seeing how the first one would stimulate the others to join in. Each lion ended with a series of grunts which gradually faded away to nothing-after the last one finished the SILENCE afterwards was almost as impressive.

Apparently the sound of Lions roaring travels something like 7 miles.

 

[Pootle]

As well as visiting Knowsley Safari park regularly, I go fishing on a lake about 4 miles as the crow flies from the park. On some evenings around dusk time the noise of the lions is amazing. Enjoying my fishing listening to lions in the distance, just magic. Even more impressive is when they decide to 'kick off' their noise right next to the car when inside the park.

Another fascinating sound is the call of a baby White Rhino calf to its mother asking for milk. I would presume other rhino species would make similar noises?..

A few years ago at Curraghs Wildlife Park on the Isle of Man I heard a kookaburra for the first time, it was one of those noises that sounds very different on tv than in reality, I knew what the sound was instantly of course, but then realised it sounded so much better being so close to the bird. I think it was the Laughing Kookaburra I was listening to

 

[siamang27]

The strange thing is, the lion I heard roaring yesterday didn't have a complete roar sequence like you'd usually hear. Just a few individual roars like the loudest ones you'd hear towards the beginning of a sequence, and that was it. No grunts, it just stopped.