Why do animal sounds vary between languages?

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Things mentioned in this podcast:

- Onomatopoeia in different languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias

- Idiophones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiophone

- Disentangling canid howls across multiple species and subspecies: Structure in a complex communication channel https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/wolf-species-have-howling-dialects

- Ylvis - What Does The Fox Say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

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