Why do goats sound like humans? A Cozy Critters Collaboration
12/19/20259 min
Have you ever heard a fox scream at night and thought it was a human? And why, when goats bleat, do they sometimes sound like human babies? Animals can sometimes make similar noises but not because they’re feeling the same things. It often has more to do with how similar the sound-making structures in our bodies are! In this bonus episode, we learn about how animals make sounds and how their vocal folds work with Dougie Pickles, host of the sleepy adventure podcast Cozy Critters.
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Jane Lindholm· Host0:26
[upbeat music] This is But Why?, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public. I'm Jane Lindholm. On this show, kids around the world send us questions and we find interesting people to offer answers. Today we have a little bonus episode inspired by a curious adult who sent us a question about doing something together.
Doug Frazier· Guest1:07
Hey, howdy. I'm Dougie Pickles, your curious animal-loving guide from the Cozy Critters podcast. I'm a grown-up who never stopped finding amazement in the small wonderful things, like the sound a caterpillar makes when it chews or the determined little shuffle of a penguin on a mission. On Cozy Critters, I help