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(indris calling) – This noise was no chicken name.
I had by no means heard something prefer it earlier than.
It have to be the voice of the indris.
(indris calling) Utilizing my new gear, I made the primary ever audio recording of the indri.
(indris calling) However might we additionally seize them on digicam as properly?
The track was so loud that it appeared unattainable that the animals might be greater than 20 or 30 yards away.
However the place have been they?
(indris calling) Till now, nobody had even managed to {photograph} a residing one, not to mention movie it.
Infuriatingly, the bush was so thick that I might see no signal of them no matter.
(indris calling) So the query was how might we get shut sufficient to get a transparent view of them with out scary them?
Effectively, I assumed, what about doing it the opposite means spherical and attempting to steer them to get nearer to us by enjoying their calls?
(indris calling) And so they did precisely what I hoped they might do.
(indris calling) They known as in return, got here down near us, stared at us, nonetheless calling.
(indris calling) I used to be thrilled.
We had recorded their track and filmed them singing.
However why had this trick labored?
(indris calling) Effectively, as a result of they thought that the track I used to be enjoying meant a competitor was shut by, and their response was to sing.
(indris calling) And this urged one factor.
There are such issues as battle songs.
(indris calling) Songs that say ‘Get out, that is my territory.’
(indris calling)