echoing off the surface, or, a superficial look at echolocation (or one week’s Twitter feed)

[It] roars/barks/croaks/grunts/squeaks/bleats/lows/crows/trumpets/neighs. This barrage of options appears on a German site aiming to teach (putatively) teenagers how to imitate animal (mostly mammalian, some bird and amphibian) sounds in English. Choose your option, then press “CHECK”. My favourite option, though, is “???”. Animals have a fascinatingly sensible attitude to sound. As far as I know, they [...]