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  1. Non-linear features in vocalizations of birds and mammals (frequency jumps, subharmonics, amplitude modulation, and chaos) typically signify arousal, alarm, or aggression. Presenting people with natural and NLP-enhanced versions of animal calls found that only the addition of chaos raised the sense of alarm in the listeners.

    cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S25

    #Science #Vocalization #Alarm #NightFright