![]() ![]() The back legs look shorter than the front legs, but they are about the same length. The legs of a giraffe are also 6 feet (1.8 meters) long. A giraffe could look into a second-story window without even having to stand on its tiptoes! A giraffe's 6-foot (1.8-meter) neck weighs about 600 pounds (272 kilograms). Elizabeth Graham, a professor at The University of Akron.Hello up there! Why do so many people look up to giraffes-besides the obvious reason? The long and short of it is that they are a wonderful example of nature’s creativity. It was initiated by James Crutchfield, and established by a grant written by Dr. Knight Foundation Grant Sponsored Initiative at The University of Akron School of Communication where students spend 15 weeks fully immersed in learning how to story tell in today’s media environment. The Converged Media Immersion Program is a John S. ![]() Samantha Hickey is a student in the Converged Media Immersion Program at The University of Akron. That’s typically how they look when they communicate with one another. ![]() So, the next time you’re at the zoo or casually run into a giraffe, watch for them to throw their head up towards the sky. ![]() If the lowest frequency a human can typically hear is 64 Hz, then it should be no surprise that we cannot hear any sounds below 20 Hz produced by giraffes. Now if you’re wondering why that matters like I was, Louisiana State University states that the average frequencies that a human is capable of hearing falls between 64-23,000 Hz. The researchers had 255 recordings of three giraffes and all frequencies fell below 20 Hz. According to, in 2001, a group of researchers conducted an experiment that provided them with some interesting results. Radio stations and professionals rely heavily on frequency and being able to manipulate it to create a better listening experience for us listeners.Įnough with the terms, we still haven’t made it to why we can’t hear giraffes. If you have ever wondered how DJ’s can do things such as accentuate the bass of a voice, take away “bright” sound, or eliminate any hissing or humming, frequency is your answer. Frequency plays an enormous role in signal processing at every day radio stations we listen to. Professor Sinning stressed the importance of frequency to us, not only for her own personal good, but also for our benefit once we take a look into the professional world. As for the term “infrasound”, defines it as, “sound with frequencies below the audible range.” If you’re having trouble processing that information, you’re not alone, but professor Sinning’s timely lecture about frequencies was perfect to help me understand.Īccording to her presentation, frequency is the number of times per second that a sound wave vibrates. I quickly learned that frequency of the noises giraffes are produced by infrasound, below 20 Hz. I started to Google “What sound does a giraffe make?” and found that in fact they are not silent animals, but silent to human ears. Recently I was watching a few giraffe videos and it dawned on me that I have never heard what noise a giraffe makes. When I’m not working or doing homework, you can usually find me watching animal videos and Vines, which my roommates will readily attest to. As I’ve pointed out in my previous blogs, my favorite thing to do is taking the information we have learned in class and apply it to everyday things that I can relate with on a personal level. Giraffes probably were not the first thing professor Sinning hoped we would connect with when she spoke about the characteristics of sound and frequencies in CMIP this week. ![]()
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