The Sound of Life
Join Aubrey Manning and explore the sounds of the planet, the sounds of nature - the Sound of Life. Imagine the sounds at the start of life, and meet the loudest insects on the planet.
Aubrey returns to consider The Rules Of Life.
About the series
There's more to sound than meets the ear, as Aubrey Manning finds out for BBC Radio Four. Discover more about the series.
The sound man
Eavesdropping on elephants and imagining the noise of the birth of our planet - a day's work for Aubrey Manning. Meet Aubrey.
What are you saying?
Animals make sounds: hooting, croaking, bleating, chirruping. But why all the noise?
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What's that noise?
Tiny vibrations, wobbling the air, picked up by our ears and turned into what we hear - ever wondered what is sound?
Follow the web
Want to take things further? Want to hear frogs and bats at your desk? Hop over to our list of weblinks to find out more.
