Whining and moaning noises, generally at night, can most often be attributed to coons or porcupines. Young coons fight and play among themselves and are punished by their parents for infractions of local house rules, with a fine collection of outcries invariably resulting. Snuffling and grunting could be a bear.
This bobcat call is one often described as sounding like a woman screaming or moaning in agony. It's not often heard by humans, but trust me, if you hear it, you probably won't disregard it. Hear the bobcat's wail and you may or may not recognize it for what it is. Regardless, it will capture your attention.
The cries of the red fox can sound surprisingly similar to a human in distress. Males give a short "scream" in aggression, and females "shriek" as a mating call.
Male limpkins are well known for producing a repetitive, high-pitched wail or scream that sounds remarkably human-like when it wakes you up in the dead of night.
Whining and moaning noises, generally at night, can most often be attributed to coons or porcupines. Young coons fight and play among themselves and are punished by their parents for infractions of local house rules, with a fine collection of outcries invariably resulting. Snuffling and grunting could be a bear.
The monotonous, repetitive call of the Common Ground-Dove brings to mind sultry and languid Southern summers, when the species' plaintive call is often heard; hence the colloquial name “moaning” dove.
Opossum Sounds
Opossums are usually silent. If you hear one, it will be at night. These pests will make clicking noises when they're trying to attract mates and hissing or growling sounds when they feel threatened.
Peruvian scientist shot a hummingbird sleeping, or better, snoring. Exactly like humans, these extraordinary birds produce sounds, such as snoring when they sleep heavy. The noise is even more annoying than that of humans.
These pests will make clicking noises when they're trying to attract mates and hissing or growling sounds when they feel threated. Baby opossums make noises that sound like sneezing when trying to get their parents' attention. Outside of these special circumstances, though, the pests rarely make audible sounds.
Chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans show laughter-like vocalizations in response to physical contact such as wrestling, play chasing or tickling. This behavior is documented in both wild and captive chimpanzees.
Porcupines can sound like babies in the dark, video shows | Centre Daily Times.
Lyrebirds are gorgeous creatures with an unusual trait–they vocalize like human babies!
Foxes are mostly nocturnal, so you'll see (and hear) them mostly at night. A scream is the most common sound you'll hear from them. When foxes scream, it can be alarming as it sounds like a human scream.
While some may be familiar with Barred Owls' traditional hoot — “who cooks for you, who cooks for you all” — very few realize that these owls make a vast array of other calls, including hissing, coughing, barking and the aforementioned screeching. The screeching and hissing calls are made by (and for) young birds.
Household pets are auditory champions as well
While bats, elephants, and dolphins are exceptional hearers, even domesticated cats and dogs have some extraordinary abilities that we humans lack.
Considered one of the most intelligent bird species, American Crows have even been known to show interest in different languages. Some bird experts posit that the crow's ability to mimic human voices is rivaled only by the parrot, and that crows might even be more vocal if they were kept as pets as often.
Noc the beluga whale
In fact, the human-like calls were coming from a captive male beluga whale named Noc. A study was subsequently conducted that proved the rhythms recorded from Noc's wails were close in pattern and tonality to that of human speech.
Its cry is more akin to a chirruping noise than the aggressive grunts of the brushtail possum. Possums make these noises to communicate with each other and just like humans possums use their vocalisations to communicate a point.
🌟The possum sounds of the babies is a sneezing. sound, often compared to a “choo choo” noises – this. will be the babies calling to their mother.
Habits. Opossums are nocturnal creatures, meaning that they are mainly active after dark. Known as solitary animals, they usually live alone when they are not actively breeding.
Spotted Catbirds are named for their bizarre cat-like wailing calls (some say it sounds more like a baby crying!) which are a common sound of both lowland and higher altitude rainforests within their range. This species is especially vocal at dawn and dusk.
A wide array of calls typical of small owls, including twitters, mews, peeps, hisses, snores, moans, and screams.
This night-time whistler's a Northern Saw-whet Owl [http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/130470, 0.14 – 20]. We like to think that owls only hoot, but these sound a lot like human whistles and are easy to copy.