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* Though the idea that giraffes cannot make any sound at all seems to have been discredited, they are still very silent creatures. This is apparently disliked by filmmakers, who makes them sound like... ''rhinos'' (one example: ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' - the giraffes make the same sound as the baby ''Stegosaurus'' in ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', which in turn sounds just like the audio sample in Encarta's entry on the Black Rhinoceros)
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* Though the idea that giraffes cannot make any sound at all seems to have been discredited, they are still very silent creatures. This is apparently disliked by filmmakers, who makes them sound like... ''rhinos'' (one example: ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' - the giraffes make the same sound as the baby ''Stegosaurus'' in ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', which in turn sounds just like the audio sample in Encarta's entry on the Black Rhinoceros)Rhinoceros). In reality, giraffes make sounds such as snorts, hums, and bleats, which do not sound anything like a rhinoceros.
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* [[CreepyCrows Crows and Ravens]] in horror movies must suffer mean cases of insomnia and have nothing better to do. In reality, corvids are... well the only term for it really is that they are afraid of the dark! (More specifically, the [[ParanoiaFuel anxiety-fueling fact that they can't see well in the dark]], and the larger carnivores who ''are'' active at night.)
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* [[CreepyCrows Crows and Ravens]] in horror movies must tend call out in the [[DarkIsEvil dark of night]] to offer a scarier atmosphere. It seems these birds suffer mean cases of insomnia and have nothing better to do. In reality, do, because corvids are... well the only term for it really is that they are afraid of the dark! (More specifically, the [[ParanoiaFuel anxiety-fueling fact that mostly diurnal -- like humans, they can't see well in the dark]], dark, and a lot of the larger carnivores who animals that prey on them ''are'' active at night.)
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* The trope of the SillyAnimalSound often leads to all sorts of birds making clucking and squawking noises like a chicken (or the [[CockADoodleDawn crowing of a rooster whenever the sun rises]]), particularly in more comedic moments or works, regardless of if the bird in question does or doesn't have the right vocal organ structure to make such sounds. Those are about the ''only'' chicken noises you'll get in fiction, too -- never mind that [[https://www.tillysnest.com/2018/04/listen-chicken-vocalizations/ chicken vocalizations are much more diverse in reality]].
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* It's surprisingly common for fictional [[ThreateningShark sharks]] to let out a growl as they open their mouth for a bite. Granted, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughtsboard_shark Draughtsboard shark]] does produce a "barking" noise when caught (hence its nickname of "barking shark"), but this is due to inflating its stomach with air first to try and make itself look bigger because, ironically, the shark ''itself'' is under threat. Sharks don't have any kind of organs to produce sounds at all, being specialized for swimming up on their prey in complete silence.
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* It's surprisingly common for fictional [[ThreateningShark sharks]] to let out a growl as they open their mouth for a bite. Granted, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughtsboard_shark Draughtsboard shark]] does produce a "barking" noise when caught (hence its nickname of "barking shark"), but this is due to inflating its stomach with air first to try and make itself look bigger because, ironically, the shark ''itself'' is under threat. Sharks don't have otherwise lack any kind of organs to produce sounds at all, being specialized for swimming sneaking up on their prey in complete silence.
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* Insects and spiders, especially BigCreepyCrawlies, are often shown hissing, shrieking, or even ''roaring'' through their mouthparts. Arthropods breathe through spiracles on the sides of their abdomens and do not vocalize like vertebrates do. Any noises they do make are usually done by stridulation, i.e. rubbing certain body parts together. This is most famously done by crickets, but unlike what some believe, only the males do so.
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* Insects and spiders, especially BigCreepyCrawlies, are often shown hissing, shrieking, or even ''roaring'' through their mouthparts. Arthropods breathe through spiracles on the sides of their abdomens and do not vocalize like vertebrates do. Any noises they do make are usually done by stridulation, i.e. rubbing certain body parts together. This is most famously done by crickets, but unlike what some believe, only the males do so.so.
* In the same manner as fish, fictional [[FunnyOctopus cephalopods]] tend to gurgle or "bloop", and GiantSquid may even utter a MightyRoar. Not only do cephalopods lack any vocal organs at all (nor can they even hear in the conventional sense), but octopuses especially are [[StealthyCephalopod adapted for concealment]], so any means of making sounds would be worse than useless for them.
* In the same manner as fish, fictional [[FunnyOctopus cephalopods]] tend to gurgle or "bloop", and GiantSquid may even utter a MightyRoar. Not only do cephalopods lack any vocal organs at all (nor can they even hear in the conventional sense), but octopuses especially are [[StealthyCephalopod adapted for concealment]], so any means of making sounds would be worse than useless for them.
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* In Fictionland, '''all''' big cats smaller than a tiger and lion almost always utilize [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVZCAQP6eQM the iconic caterwaul of the cougar]]. Even species that are just as capable of roaring as lions and tigers, specifically the leopard and the jaguar, get this treatment, even though they make no high-pitched screams akin to the cougar's iconic scream, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbg2tmyhLA here]]. Like with the frog example, the fact that the cougar is the only big cat, and the only other wild feline besides the bobcat, found in California likely contributed to the prevalence of this trope. Smaller cats like ocelots and lynx have their own unique vocalization, which can sound rather scary on their own terms.
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* In Fictionland, '''all''' big cats smaller than a tiger and lion almost always utilize [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVZCAQP6eQM com/watch?v=MWMZg9kRn0E the iconic caterwaul of the cougar]]. Even species that are just as capable of roaring as lions and tigers, specifically the leopard and the jaguar, get this treatment, even though they make no high-pitched screams akin to the cougar's iconic scream, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbg2tmyhLA here]]. Like with the frog example, the fact that the cougar is the only big cat, and the only other wild feline besides the bobcat, found in California likely contributed to the prevalence of this trope. Smaller cats like ocelots and lynx have their own unique vocalization, which can sound rather scary on their own terms.terms.
** Conversely, in some works, cougars ''themselves'' may emit roars like pantherine cats. Cougars (or mountain lions, or pumas, or whatever else you call them) are among the largest of the Felinae or small cats, and lack the physiology required to roar like a big cat does (the hyoid bone in the throat is not properly shaped for that, for instance).
** Conversely, in some works, cougars ''themselves'' may emit roars like pantherine cats. Cougars (or mountain lions, or pumas, or whatever else you call them) are among the largest of the Felinae or small cats, and lack the physiology required to roar like a big cat does (the hyoid bone in the throat is not properly shaped for that, for instance).
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TIHtrygFsc African elephants]] frequently use recordings of their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfXgoujAmYE Asian counterparts]] in film. This is likely due to the fact that fewer African elephant recordings exist in public domain sound effects libraries.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TIHtrygFsc African elephants]] frequently use recordings of their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfXgoujAmYE com/watch?v=JhBmXtgIIiQ Asian counterparts]] in film. This is likely due to the fact that fewer African elephant recordings exist in public domain sound effects libraries.
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* Regardless of gender, all ducks in fiction quack, especially making the sound of a mallard. In reality however, only the ''female'' can quack properly, whereas males tend to make a raspier "squack" sounding noise.
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!!List of common errors
* [[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Loon_dtl.html Common Loons]] are very large, somewhat rare aquatic birds who are also known as The Great Northern Diver. In reality, they tend to be heard almost exclusively around their natural habitat: large bodies of open water in cold parts of the Northern Hemisphere. According to movie logic, they are '''everywhere'''. Even shallow swamplands, the middle of a forest, the middle of a ''mountain range'' (!?!), [[Series/{{Lost}} Craphole Island]], and Thra, the world where ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' (in which a modified loon call was used for an alien bird) takes place. Their cry ''is'' evocative, so RuleOfCool can make some instances work - as long as they're believable.
* Any stock horror scene where all the animals in the forest are apparently ganging up to scare the protagonist by making startling cries. For no other reason. At night. In particular, [[CreepyCrows Crows and Ravens]] in horror movies must suffer mean cases of insomnia and have nothing better to do. In reality, corvids are... well the only term for it really is that they are afraid of the dark! (More specifically, the [[ParanoiaFuel anxiety-fueling fact that they can't see well in the dark]], and the larger carnivores who ''are'' active at night.)
* Every owl in the world goes "hoot". Every single one. Except for the Screech Owl. They must certainly make a blood-curdling scream as advertised (see ''My Cousin Vinny''). Not, you know, a distinctive [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3wNuEcbHag trilling or whinnying.]] In reality, the owls [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YvyXu7coXA that make bloodcurdling screams]] are ''Barn'' Owls.
* All seabirds in fiction sound like herring gulls regardless of species. And every seashore in fiction has them calling in the background, regardless of location or season.
* The Pacific tree frog is the only kind of frog that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcFKQKjv0-o produces the "ribbit" sound.]] It's native to California, which is why Hollywood believes frogs everywhere in the world go "ribbit". There are, technically, a few other amphibians [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries in America]] whose song sounds like ribbiting - but they're toads. Other species of frogs tend to make [[http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/songs.html chirping, burping, beeping, or trilling calls.]]
** There's a species on the east coast around the Carolinas that very clearly says "HNAAAAGH!" with a volume out of ''all'' proportion to its size.
** In Japan, frogs go "kero kero".
** Bullfrogs call for "Rrrrrum" and Green Frogs call for "Doug"!
** Pac-Man frogs make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK0gRFvFjZ8 a horrifying screech.]]
* The default noise made by any bird of prey, especially the Bald Eagle, is in actuality [[http://www.naturesongs.com/rtha1.wav the cry of a Red-tailed Hawk]], a long, drawn out, and majestic-sounding call. This is ''so damn pervasive'' that it shows up in places where the producers really ought to know better. The station [=IDs=] for Creator/AnimalPlanet, for example. For the record, a Bald Eagle [[http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/sounds actually sounds like this.]] Just to bring things full circle, there have been a few instances where this is used for the cry of a Red-Tailed Hawk.\\
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It's really easier to list the aversions and weirdest examples:
** Mostly averted in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', where Sitka sounds like an actual eagle - except for the grand crescendo at the end, where he once again became a hawk in disguise.
** One of the most confusing instances of this was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' where the baby Bald Eagles made genuine eagle calls but their parents sounded like hawks.
** In the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode "Remote Island Syndrome Part 1", there was a ''gull'' with the call of a red-tailed hawk. While gulls can indeed scream, they obviously don't sound like that.
** And in ''Anime/BinchouTan'' this cry is uttered by a ''duck''. It is also ''delivering mail'' at the time, so its cry is perhaps the least odd thing about it.
** Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'': Marahute is a fictional species (who seems to have been born fully fledged out of the RuleOfCool) and is voiced by a ''human'' (the extremely versatile Frank Welker).
** And in ''Manga/KOn'' the cry is yet again used for a seagull during the obligatory BeachEpisode, maybe as a ShoutOut the aforementioned ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode, which is produced by the same studio.
** Actively {{averted|Trope}} in {{anime}} with the black kite, which is a mid-sized bird of prey found throughout Japan, and whose distinctive call can often be heard during [[SceneryPorn scenic moments]].
* [[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Loon_dtl.html Common Loons]] are very large, somewhat rare aquatic birds who are also known as The Great Northern Diver. In reality, they tend to be heard almost exclusively around their natural habitat: large bodies of open water in cold parts of the Northern Hemisphere. According to movie logic, they are '''everywhere'''. Even shallow swamplands, the middle of a forest, the middle of a ''mountain range'' (!?!), [[Series/{{Lost}} Craphole Island]], and Thra, the world where ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' (in which a modified loon call was used for an alien bird) takes place. Their cry ''is'' evocative, so RuleOfCool can make some instances work - as long as they're believable.
* Any stock horror scene where all the animals in the forest are apparently ganging up to scare the protagonist by making startling cries. For no other reason. At night. In particular, [[CreepyCrows Crows and Ravens]] in horror movies must suffer mean cases of insomnia and have nothing better to do. In reality, corvids are... well the only term for it really is that they are afraid of the dark! (More specifically, the [[ParanoiaFuel anxiety-fueling fact that they can't see well in the dark]], and the larger carnivores who ''are'' active at night.)
* Every owl in the world goes "hoot". Every single one. Except for the Screech Owl. They must certainly make a blood-curdling scream as advertised (see ''My Cousin Vinny''). Not, you know, a distinctive [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3wNuEcbHag trilling or whinnying.]] In reality, the owls [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YvyXu7coXA that make bloodcurdling screams]] are ''Barn'' Owls.
* All seabirds in fiction sound like herring gulls regardless of species. And every seashore in fiction has them calling in the background, regardless of location or season.
* The Pacific tree frog is the only kind of frog that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcFKQKjv0-o produces the "ribbit" sound.]] It's native to California, which is why Hollywood believes frogs everywhere in the world go "ribbit". There are, technically, a few other amphibians [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries in America]] whose song sounds like ribbiting - but they're toads. Other species of frogs tend to make [[http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/songs.html chirping, burping, beeping, or trilling calls.]]
** There's a species on the east coast around the Carolinas that very clearly says "HNAAAAGH!" with a volume out of ''all'' proportion to its size.
** In Japan, frogs go "kero kero".
** Bullfrogs call for "Rrrrrum" and Green Frogs call for "Doug"!
** Pac-Man frogs make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK0gRFvFjZ8 a horrifying screech.]]
* The default noise made by any bird of prey, especially the Bald Eagle, is in actuality [[http://www.naturesongs.com/rtha1.wav the cry of a Red-tailed Hawk]], a long, drawn out, and majestic-sounding call. This is ''so damn pervasive'' that it shows up in places where the producers really ought to know better. The station [=IDs=] for Creator/AnimalPlanet, for example. For the record, a Bald Eagle [[http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/sounds actually sounds like this.]] Just to bring things full circle, there have been a few instances where this is used for the cry of a Red-Tailed Hawk.\\
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It's really easier to list the aversions and weirdest examples:
** Mostly averted in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', where Sitka sounds like an actual eagle - except for the grand crescendo at the end, where he once again became a hawk in disguise.
** One of the most confusing instances of this was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' where the baby Bald Eagles made genuine eagle calls but their parents sounded like hawks.
** In the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode "Remote Island Syndrome Part 1", there was a ''gull'' with the call of a red-tailed hawk. While gulls can indeed scream, they obviously don't sound like that.
** And in ''Anime/BinchouTan'' this cry is uttered by a ''duck''. It is also ''delivering mail'' at the time, so its cry is perhaps the least odd thing about it.
** Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'': Marahute is a fictional species (who seems to have been born fully fledged out of the RuleOfCool) and is voiced by a ''human'' (the extremely versatile Frank Welker).
** And in ''Manga/KOn'' the cry is yet again used for a seagull during the obligatory BeachEpisode, maybe as a ShoutOut the aforementioned ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode, which is produced by the same studio.
** Actively {{averted|Trope}} in {{anime}} with the black kite, which is a mid-sized bird of prey found throughout Japan, and whose distinctive call can often be heard during [[SceneryPorn scenic moments]].
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* Every owl in the world goes "hoot". Every single one. Except for the Screech Owl. They must certainly make a blood-curdling scream as advertised (see ''My Cousin Vinny''). Not, you know, a distinctive [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3wNuEcbHag trilling or whinnying.]] In reality, the owls [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YvyXu7coXA
* All seabirds in fiction sound like herring gulls regardless of species. And every seashore in fiction has them calling in the background, regardless of location or season.
* The Pacific tree frog
* Predators [[RoarBeforeBeating roaring as they attack their prey]]. Roaring is usually a territorial behavior meant to
** There's a species on the east coast around the Carolinas that very clearly says "HNAAAAGH!" with a volume out of ''all'' proportion to its size.
** In Japan, frogs go "kero kero".
** Bullfrogs call for "Rrrrrum" and Green Frogs call for "Doug"!
** Pac-Man frogs make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK0gRFvFjZ8 a horrifying screech.]]
* The default noise made by any bird of prey, especially the Bald Eagle,
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It's really easier to list the aversions and weirdest examples:
** Mostly averted
** One of the most confusing instances of this was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' where the baby Bald Eagles made genuine eagle calls but their parents sounded like hawks.
** In the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode "Remote Island Syndrome Part 1", there was a ''gull'' with the call of a red-tailed hawk. While gulls can indeed scream, they obviously don't sound like that.
** And in ''Anime/BinchouTan'' this cry is uttered by a ''duck''. It is also ''delivering mail'' at the time, so its cry is perhaps the least odd thing about it.
** Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'': Marahute is a fictional species (who seems to have been born fully fledged out of the RuleOfCool) and is voiced by a ''human'' (the extremely versatile Frank Welker).
** And in ''Manga/KOn'' the cry is yet again used for a seagull during the obligatory BeachEpisode, maybe as a ShoutOut the aforementioned ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode, which is produced by the same studio.
** Actively {{averted|Trope}} in {{anime}} with the black kite, which is a mid-sized bird of
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* It's surprisingly common for fictional [[ThreateningShark sharks]] to let out a growl as they open their mouth for a bite. Granted, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughtsboard_shark Draughtsboard shark]] does produce a "barking" noise when caught (hence its nickname of "barking shark"), but this is due to inflating its stomach with air first to try and make itself look bigger because, ironically, the shark ''itself'' is under threat. Sharks don't have any kind of organs to produce sounds at all, being specialized for swimming up on their prey in complete silence.
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* Because rhino vocalizations are rare in sound libraries, whenever a rhino shows up in fiction, they’ll use the vocalizations of other animals, most often the grunts, bellows, and growls of cattle and buffalo. Granted, this isn’t too far off the mark, as rhinos can make similar vocalizations (despite being more closely related to horses), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq9Eat2DMQI mainly during shows of aggression]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhJVeIRI3nQ but they are also known for making high-pitched wails, whoops, and squeals]], despite their sheer bulk.
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* Because rhino vocalizations are rare in sound libraries, whenever a rhino shows up in fiction, they’ll use the vocalizations of other animals, most often the grunts, bellows, and growls of cattle and buffalo. Granted, this isn’t too far off the mark, as rhinos can make similar vocalizations (despite being more closely related to horses), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq9Eat2DMQI mainly during shows of aggression]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhJVeIRI3nQ but they are also known for making high-pitched wails, whoops, and squeals]], despite their sheer bulk.bulk.
!!Birds
* The default noise made by any bird of prey, especially the Bald Eagle, is in actuality [[http://www.naturesongs.com/rtha1.wav the cry of a Red-tailed Hawk]], a long, drawn out, and majestic-sounding call. This is ''so damn pervasive'' that it shows up in places where the producers really ought to know better. The station [=IDs=] for Creator/AnimalPlanet, for example. For the record, a Bald Eagle [[http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/sounds actually sounds like this.]] Just to bring things full circle, there have been a few instances where this is used for the cry of a Red-Tailed Hawk.\\
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It's really easier to list the aversions and weirdest examples:
** Mostly averted in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', where Sitka sounds like an actual eagle - except for the grand crescendo at the end, where he once again became a hawk in disguise.
** One of the most confusing instances of this was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' where the baby Bald Eagles made genuine eagle calls but their parents sounded like hawks.
** In the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode "Remote Island Syndrome Part 1", there was a ''gull'' with the call of a red-tailed hawk. While gulls can indeed scream, they obviously don't sound like that.
** And in ''Anime/BinchouTan'' this cry is uttered by a ''duck''. It is also ''delivering mail'' at the time, so its cry is perhaps the least odd thing about it.
** Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'': Marahute is a fictional species (who seems to have been born fully fledged out of the RuleOfCool) and is voiced by a ''human'' (the extremely versatile Frank Welker).
** And in ''Manga/KOn'' the cry is yet again used for a seagull during the obligatory BeachEpisode, maybe as a ShoutOut the aforementioned ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode, which is produced by the same studio.
** Actively {{averted|Trope}} in {{anime}} with the black kite, which is a mid-sized bird of prey found throughout Japan, and whose distinctive call can often be heard during [[SceneryPorn scenic moments]].
* [[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Loon_dtl.html Common Loons]] are very large, somewhat rare aquatic birds who are also known as The Great Northern Diver. In reality, they tend to be heard almost exclusively around their natural habitat: large bodies of open water in cold parts of the Northern Hemisphere. According to movie logic, they are '''everywhere'''. Even shallow swamplands, the middle of a forest, the middle of a ''mountain range'' (!?!), [[Series/{{Lost}} Craphole Island]], and Thra, the world where ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' (in which a modified loon call was used for an alien bird) takes place. Their cry ''is'' evocative, so RuleOfCool can make some instances work - as long as they're believable.
* [[CreepyCrows Crows and Ravens]] in horror movies must suffer mean cases of insomnia and have nothing better to do. In reality, corvids are... well the only term for it really is that they are afraid of the dark! (More specifically, the [[ParanoiaFuel anxiety-fueling fact that they can't see well in the dark]], and the larger carnivores who ''are'' active at night.)
* Every owl in the world goes "hoot". Every single one. Except for the Screech Owl. They must certainly make a blood-curdling scream as advertised (see ''My Cousin Vinny''). Not, you know, a distinctive [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3wNuEcbHag trilling or whinnying.]] In reality, the owls [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YvyXu7coXA that make bloodcurdling screams]] are ''Barn'' Owls.
* All seabirds in fiction sound like herring gulls regardless of species. And every seashore in fiction has them calling in the background, regardless of location or season.
!!Reptiles and Amphibians
* Not-rattle snakes somehow doing the rattlesnake sound. Gophersnakes, although they don’t have rattles, may mimic the sound of a rattlesnake’s rattle, along with having colors similar to rattlesnakes, in order to mimic a rattlesnake. Makes less sense for other non-rattle snakes though.
* The Pacific tree frog is the only kind of frog that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcFKQKjv0-o produces the "ribbit" sound.]] It's native to California, which is why Hollywood believes frogs everywhere in the world go "ribbit". There are, technically, a few other amphibians [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries in America]] whose song sounds like ribbiting - but they're toads. Other species of frogs tend to make [[http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/songs.html chirping, burping, beeping, or trilling calls.]]
** There's a species on the east coast around the Carolinas that very clearly says "HNAAAAGH!" with a volume out of ''all'' proportion to its size.
** In Japan, frogs go "kero kero".
** Bullfrogs call for "Rrrrrum" and Green Frogs call for "Doug"!
** Pac-Man frogs make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK0gRFvFjZ8 a horrifying screech.]]
!!Fish
* It's surprisingly common for fictional [[ThreateningShark sharks]] to let out a growl as they open their mouth for a bite. Granted, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughtsboard_shark Draughtsboard shark]] does produce a "barking" noise when caught (hence its nickname of "barking shark"), but this is due to inflating its stomach with air first to try and make itself look bigger because, ironically, the shark ''itself'' is under threat. Sharks don't have any kind of organs to produce sounds at all, being specialized for swimming up on their prey in complete silence.
* In cartoons and other less realistic works, fish tend to make "bloop"-ing or gurgling noises both in and out of the water, or are otherwise silent, [[NoCartoonFish undoubtedly so anthropmorphic meat-eating animals wouldn't feel guilty eating them]]. [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2022/05/10/fish-make-sounds-that-could-help-scientists-protect-them/ Real-life fish vary widely in terms of the sounds they produce]], but lacking in lungs or vocal cords, they tend to make do by vibrating their swim bladders, chattering their teeth, or rubbing their fins against their bodies like crickets. Some species are even known for [[{{Gasshole}} breaking wind]] to communicate with their peers while shoaling.
!!Invertebrates
* Insects and spiders, especially BigCreepyCrawlies, are often shown hissing, shrieking, or even ''roaring'' through their mouthparts. Arthropods breathe through spiracles on the sides of their abdomens and do not vocalize like vertebrates do. Any noises they do make are usually done by stridulation, i.e. rubbing certain body parts together. This is most famously done by crickets, but unlike what some believe, only the males do so.
!!Birds
* The default noise made by any bird of prey, especially the Bald Eagle, is in actuality [[http://www.naturesongs.com/rtha1.wav the cry of a Red-tailed Hawk]], a long, drawn out, and majestic-sounding call. This is ''so damn pervasive'' that it shows up in places where the producers really ought to know better. The station [=IDs=] for Creator/AnimalPlanet, for example. For the record, a Bald Eagle [[http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/sounds actually sounds like this.]] Just to bring things full circle, there have been a few instances where this is used for the cry of a Red-Tailed Hawk.\\
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It's really easier to list the aversions and weirdest examples:
** Mostly averted in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', where Sitka sounds like an actual eagle - except for the grand crescendo at the end, where he once again became a hawk in disguise.
** One of the most confusing instances of this was an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' where the baby Bald Eagles made genuine eagle calls but their parents sounded like hawks.
** In the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode "Remote Island Syndrome Part 1", there was a ''gull'' with the call of a red-tailed hawk. While gulls can indeed scream, they obviously don't sound like that.
** And in ''Anime/BinchouTan'' this cry is uttered by a ''duck''. It is also ''delivering mail'' at the time, so its cry is perhaps the least odd thing about it.
** Justified in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'': Marahute is a fictional species (who seems to have been born fully fledged out of the RuleOfCool) and is voiced by a ''human'' (the extremely versatile Frank Welker).
** And in ''Manga/KOn'' the cry is yet again used for a seagull during the obligatory BeachEpisode, maybe as a ShoutOut the aforementioned ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode, which is produced by the same studio.
** Actively {{averted|Trope}} in {{anime}} with the black kite, which is a mid-sized bird of prey found throughout Japan, and whose distinctive call can often be heard during [[SceneryPorn scenic moments]].
* [[http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Loon_dtl.html Common Loons]] are very large, somewhat rare aquatic birds who are also known as The Great Northern Diver. In reality, they tend to be heard almost exclusively around their natural habitat: large bodies of open water in cold parts of the Northern Hemisphere. According to movie logic, they are '''everywhere'''. Even shallow swamplands, the middle of a forest, the middle of a ''mountain range'' (!?!), [[Series/{{Lost}} Craphole Island]], and Thra, the world where ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' (in which a modified loon call was used for an alien bird) takes place. Their cry ''is'' evocative, so RuleOfCool can make some instances work - as long as they're believable.
* [[CreepyCrows Crows and Ravens]] in horror movies must suffer mean cases of insomnia and have nothing better to do. In reality, corvids are... well the only term for it really is that they are afraid of the dark! (More specifically, the [[ParanoiaFuel anxiety-fueling fact that they can't see well in the dark]], and the larger carnivores who ''are'' active at night.)
* Every owl in the world goes "hoot". Every single one. Except for the Screech Owl. They must certainly make a blood-curdling scream as advertised (see ''My Cousin Vinny''). Not, you know, a distinctive [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3wNuEcbHag trilling or whinnying.]] In reality, the owls [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YvyXu7coXA that make bloodcurdling screams]] are ''Barn'' Owls.
* All seabirds in fiction sound like herring gulls regardless of species. And every seashore in fiction has them calling in the background, regardless of location or season.
!!Reptiles and Amphibians
* Not-rattle snakes somehow doing the rattlesnake sound. Gophersnakes, although they don’t have rattles, may mimic the sound of a rattlesnake’s rattle, along with having colors similar to rattlesnakes, in order to mimic a rattlesnake. Makes less sense for other non-rattle snakes though.
* The Pacific tree frog is the only kind of frog that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcFKQKjv0-o produces the "ribbit" sound.]] It's native to California, which is why Hollywood believes frogs everywhere in the world go "ribbit". There are, technically, a few other amphibians [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries in America]] whose song sounds like ribbiting - but they're toads. Other species of frogs tend to make [[http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/songs.html chirping, burping, beeping, or trilling calls.]]
** There's a species on the east coast around the Carolinas that very clearly says "HNAAAAGH!" with a volume out of ''all'' proportion to its size.
** In Japan, frogs go "kero kero".
** Bullfrogs call for "Rrrrrum" and Green Frogs call for "Doug"!
** Pac-Man frogs make [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK0gRFvFjZ8 a horrifying screech.]]
!!Fish
* It's surprisingly common for fictional [[ThreateningShark sharks]] to let out a growl as they open their mouth for a bite. Granted, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughtsboard_shark Draughtsboard shark]] does produce a "barking" noise when caught (hence its nickname of "barking shark"), but this is due to inflating its stomach with air first to try and make itself look bigger because, ironically, the shark ''itself'' is under threat. Sharks don't have any kind of organs to produce sounds at all, being specialized for swimming up on their prey in complete silence.
* In cartoons and other less realistic works, fish tend to make "bloop"-ing or gurgling noises both in and out of the water, or are otherwise silent, [[NoCartoonFish undoubtedly so anthropmorphic meat-eating animals wouldn't feel guilty eating them]]. [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2022/05/10/fish-make-sounds-that-could-help-scientists-protect-them/ Real-life fish vary widely in terms of the sounds they produce]], but lacking in lungs or vocal cords, they tend to make do by vibrating their swim bladders, chattering their teeth, or rubbing their fins against their bodies like crickets. Some species are even known for [[{{Gasshole}} breaking wind]] to communicate with their peers while shoaling.
!!Invertebrates
* Insects and spiders, especially BigCreepyCrawlies, are often shown hissing, shrieking, or even ''roaring'' through their mouthparts. Arthropods breathe through spiracles on the sides of their abdomens and do not vocalize like vertebrates do. Any noises they do make are usually done by stridulation, i.e. rubbing certain body parts together. This is most famously done by crickets, but unlike what some believe, only the males do so.
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* In Fictionland, '''all''' big cats smaller than a tiger and lion almost always utilize [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVZCAQP6eQM the iconic caterwaul of the cougar]]. Even species that are just as capable of roaring as lions and tigers, specifically the leopard and the jaguar, get this treatment, even though they make no high-pitched screams akin to the cougar's iconic scream, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbg2tmyhLA here]]. Smaller cats like ocelots and lynx have their own unique vocalization, which can sound rather scary on their own terms.
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* In Fictionland, '''all''' big cats smaller than a tiger and lion almost always utilize [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVZCAQP6eQM the iconic caterwaul of the cougar]]. Even species that are just as capable of roaring as lions and tigers, specifically the leopard and the jaguar, get this treatment, even though they make no high-pitched screams akin to the cougar's iconic scream, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbg2tmyhLA here]]. Like with the frog example, the fact that the cougar is the only big cat, and the only other wild feline besides the bobcat, found in California likely contributed to the prevalence of this trope. Smaller cats like ocelots and lynx have their own unique vocalization, which can sound rather scary on their own terms.
