A violin cry.

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  • Author(s): Hooper, Rowan
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 7/5/2014, Vol. 223 Issue 2976, p22-23. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SOUND production by birds; CRANES (Birds); TRACHEA; PHYSIOLOGY
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the physiology of the common crane's call, reporting that in addition to a trachea that coils within its body, a study in the "Journal of Comparative Physiology" reports that the trachea is embedded in the sternum, vibrating the sternum and lungs like a violin.