New Weird & Wild: Why Do Koalas Have Such Low Voices?

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Photo: Австралиец/ via Wikimedia Commons  distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 licenseKoalas are the Barry Whites of the animal kingdom, producing surprisingly low-pitched bellows.Now scientists have discovered the secret behind the Australian animal’s unusually deep voice: a special sound-producing organ not found in any other land mammal.Read the whole story at Nat Geo's Weird & Wild Blog: Why Do Koalas Have Such Low Voices?

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