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Free wild ringtones bring out the animal in your phone

January 2, 1:33 PM
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Just grin and bear it.
 

The Center for Biological Diversity, based in Arizona, has brought the call of the wild to your pocket.  Literally.

In an effort to expand awareness about endangered species, the Center for Biological Diversity has a site called Rare Earthtones that provides downloads and distribution of ringtones formed from the natural calls of various endangered animals, as well as some stunning photography of the same animals for cell phone wallpapers.  

With over 200,000 ring tones and wallpapers downloaded, it might be time to hop on the bandwagon here.  Especially since the band is 100% all-natural.  You can hop onto the site here to preview and grab these animal calls to your own calling device, and you can’t beat a price of Free with a stick, that’s for sure.

Looking over the selection of sounds on the site, I found that most of them are avian in nature.  Some are obviously looped to become ring-tone length, which works with a varying degree of success depending on the sound.  A few are better than others, and a number are worse, but with a current selection of over 85 sounds, there’s a lot to hear.  Don’t assume that every bird sounds even vaguely similar either.  

So, really, how can you go wrong when your phone rings and somebody asks you just what sound it was making, then you get to respond, “Oh, that was a Flammulated Owl.”?  Go grab a Vermiculated Screech Owl call to let you know your friend is calling (It’s a really easy-to-hear warble, mind you, not a screech).  Give your kid the sound of a American Pika (You can tell them it’s like a Pika-chu).  Try to explain that the odd sound coming from your phone is from an Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant without making people laugh too hard.  And of course you just know that the Grizzly Bear roar is perfect for some of the more scary people in your world.

So drop on down and visit.  Grab some free fun and help support the preservation of endangered species.

Author: Kit Parenteau
Kit Parenteau is an Examiner from Denver. You can see Kit's articles on Kit's Home Page.
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