Originally Posted by poppycorn
Ben is definately a handsome boy but not being familiar with gophers, what do you mean by a "throaty trill"?
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Well, gopher corns make this funny vocal noise, very gutteral in sound, not a hiss as such...best way to desribe it is...like a rattle. From what I have read, they expand their lungs, you can actually see their sides expand just before they do this, then they exhale air back out very rapidly and in short spurts.
With Ben, you can actually fell the air passing over his throat but the sound is no where near as loud as a true gopher. His tends to sound more like a succession of ticking noises.
I also have a Sonoran female gopher. She uses the trill, as I call it, as a defense mechanism. Gophers tend to be all noise and no bite. Her's is much more hiss and rattle, then tick.
Sorry I can't describe it any better than that. I can make the noise...to bad we don't have audio....
Thanks for all positive comments about Ben, they are appreciated.
Ruth
P.S. Jenn, belly shots are coming up in the next post for you. Sorry it took so long.
