©<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1160614579/toothed-whales-use-vocal-fry-to-hunt-for-food-scientists-say" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2023/03/03/1160614579/</span><span class="invisible">toothed-whales-use-vocal-fry-to-hunt-for-food-scientists-say</span></a></p><p>&quot;In a vocal fry register,&quot; explains Elemans, &quot;your vocal folds are mostly slack, so they&#39;re <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/thick" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thick</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/heavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>heavy</span></a>, and they <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vibrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vibrate</span></a> at their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lowest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lowest</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/frequencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>frequencies</span></a>. And in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/falsetto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>falsetto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/register" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>register</span></a>, they&#39;re stretched very long and the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tension" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tension</span></a> is very high. And this leads to the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/highest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>highest</span></a> frequencies.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VocalFry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VocalFry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToothedWhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ToothedWhale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VocalFryRegister" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VocalFryRegister</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VocalFolds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VocalFolds</span></a><br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Whale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WhaleSongs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WhaleSongs</span></a></p>