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-->-- '''{Dracula}}''', ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite''

-->-- '''Literature/{{Dracula}}''', ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite''

** Devilsaurs, the TyrannosaurusRex of [=WoW=], are big sneaky bastards.

** Both Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}} fought a robot [[TyrannosaurusRex Stock Large Theropod]] (tm) on two different occasions. Both 'bots helpfully roared. (And besides that, they acted like real animals with none of the handicaps robotic animals tend to have in RealLife. [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously Animal Robots]]?)

* Brief aversion in ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'', when the ''TyrannosaurusRex'' is shown rather quietly eating a ''Parasaurolophus'' in contrast to its constant roaring and growling throughout the rest of the game.

* The newer ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series, commencing with ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'', often had American Robins singing gaily in the background on various alien planets. So ''that's'' where they migrate in the winter...
* Similarly, CBS used to pipe in birdsong as "ambient sound" on their golf broadcasts. They stopped after an infamous instance where birdwatchers called them on the fact that the birds in a particular broadcast were not native to the location of the tournament.

* The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E24EnglishAsASecondLanguage English as a Second Language]]" puts nature recordings over the Pa. One of the tracks is entitled Antelope Slaughter at Indutu.

* An episode of ''Series/HappyDays'' finds the gang camping in the woods. At the very end, the air is filled with raucous animal noises of all varieties, getting louder. Fonzie yells "COOL IT!" and all sounds instantly stop.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''; the main characters are animals in a New York City zoo. Fair enough - but in the background are generic jungle noises. The cast goes to bed... and someone yells to [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn turn off the ambiance]]. When that happens, a generic New York City background noise replaces it, complete with sirens. Alex the lion then yawns and relaxes and goes to sleep. Surprisingly, this is TruthInTelevision, since many zoos do have random jungle white noise played throughout the park to make the guests (and animals) feel more immersed.

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* Not sure if it counts, but coming within decent proximity of any of the tornadoes in ''Film/{{Twister}}'', provokes the odd animalistic roar in with the dramatic sounds of wind. As if you weren't already fairly certain that this was one kitty not to be petted. Justified in that survivor accounts of tornadoes describe many different sounds caused by the high winds and debris: a hundred roaring lions, a herd of squealing pigs, gigantic washing machines, jet engines, a huge tin can filled with rocks and being shaken.

* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' has a roaring barracuda and a screeching anglerfish. Given their respective scenes are particularly heavy on NightmareFuel, this is most likely a case of RuleOfScary. The giant squid from ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' also utters a few guttural growls and snarls.

A particularly jarring subtrope of the above is the tendency, in fiction, for ''everything'' to roar. Say your hero is being attacked by something non-human and possibly even outside the animal kingdom; a plant or a robot or something. But we still know it's angry and very dangerous. Why? Because the thing is roaring as it fights. It might also scream in pain if the hero manages to fight back. {{Man Eating Plant}}s, despite [[ArtisticLicenseBiology lacking in the vocal cord--or lung--department]], will roar, scream and hiss just in case you didn't know they were dangerous. In a similarly helpful manner {{Giant Spider}}s and BigCreepyCrawlies scream or hiss and there are at least two documented cases (in fiction, of course) of roaring ''sharks''. And if you've got to fight a '''robot''' that looks like a particular animal, you can be damn well certain that robot will make the sounds of that animal.

* Though this is played with in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Fellowship Of The Ring]]'' where, judging by their extremely cacophonic cries, Saruman's scary flock of avian spies are evidently Starlings (yes, they've invaded New Zealand too.)

* In ''[[VideoGame/UruAgesBeyondMyst Uru Live]]'', one can hear [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screaming_piha screaming]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW6Ly7fSKTQ pihas]] on Jalak. This technically makes them birds of New Mexico, and of any other place where people have instances of Jalak.

* In ''[[VideoGame/UruAgesBeyondMyst Uru Live]]'', one can hear screaming pihas on Jalak.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''; the episode "The Swamp" by and large averts this, save for the occasional call of some kind of swamp creature. And really, not even the racket of a swamp can match [[TeamPet Appa's]] bellowing for sound.

* If you live in the US or Canada near a pond, spring and summer are extremely noisy times of the year. Probably the two most recognizable are spring peepers (itty bitty frogs with ''loud'' high-pitched calls), which emerge in early spring and bullfrogs in the summer.

Cats tend to be quiet unless they want something and the same goes for horses and dogs, though they will whinny and bark if they are excited by something. Rats and mice rarely make human-audible noises. Owls only hoot to announce they've claimed such and such a spot and the same generally goes for every bird's song, every canine's howl, and so on. An animal who has been hurt in all likelihood will not react vocally ''at all'', except for maybe one brief yelp at the moment of injury -- it's [[EverythingTryingToKillYou too dangerous]] to announce your incapacitation by sitting there crying for aid. And all the fictional predators who [[RoarBeforeBeating let out a blood-curdling roar/scream/whatever]] as they stalk their prey are idiots, because the whole point of a roar is to let you know that something big and dangerous is nearby and you'd better run.

May disrupt SuspensionOfDisbelief for tropers who know their stuff about animals. Not to be confused with CuteButCacophonic. Noisy forests also tend to be places where [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Everything is Trying To Kill You]]. See also MisplacedWildlife, AllAnimalsAreDogs, JunglesSoundLikeKookaburras, BugBuzz, SillyAnimalSound, and IncorrectAnimalNoise. Use of StockSoundEffects is a common culprit. Possibly related to SmallReferencePools.

* Subverted in ''Anime/MazingerZ'' first episode. TheProfessor Dr. Kabuto's village -where he built the titular HumongousMecha- was set in Aokigahara, a forest at the base of Mount Fuji is ''infamous'' -among other things- because it is ''eerily'' silent due to absence of wildlife. So when Dr. Kabuto heard noises near from his house -not long after his grandson told him that their maid had been murdered-, he knew there were intruders near and his life was in danger.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3k9Uov6Xlc extended version]] of Will Vinton's short ''Dinosaurs!'' is [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs exceedingly trippy]] for an educational film. The trippyness almost ''excuses'' the fact that it's got Loons in a forest '''and''' Ravens at night. There's also a bit of an Everything Roars thing going on as the clip includes distorted versions of both calls made to sound like screams. (Bonus: DragonsAreDinosaurs '''and''' WhatMeasureIsANonCute! You may not want to watch it if those tropes bother you a lot.)

* [[GiantSpider Kumonga]]. [[Film/SonOfGodzilla Roaring spiders anyone?]] Kumonga sounded more like he was daintily sneezing. Kamacuras the giant preying mantis definitely screeched, and Megalon made a metallic grinding/shrieking roar. Also Mothra's ethereal chirps.

* Not sure if it counts, but coming within a decent proximity of any of the tornadoes in ''Film/{{Twister}}'', provokes the odd animalistic roar in with the dramatic sounds of wind. As if you weren't already fairly certain that this was one kitty not to be petted. Justified in that survivor accounts of tornadoes describe many different sounds caused by the high winds and debris: a hundred roaring lions, a herd of squealing pigs, gigantic washing machines, jet engines, a huge tin can filled with rocks and being shaken.

* The titular ape of the ''Film/KingKong'' movies is incredibly noisy, frequently letting out monstrous roars. At least in the [[Film/KingKong1933 original film]] they used the roars of big cats such as lions and tigers rather than actual ape sounds. To be fair, he is a fictional species of giant ape rather than an actual gorilla.

* Subverted in ''Literature/TailchasersSong''. The AnimalTalk used throughout most of the book is mainly non-verbal, as mentioned in Author's Notes. [[CommonTongue Common Singing]] is cross-species and is thus mainly body language and gestures. Higher Singing is species specific, is rarely used, and (in the case of cat's) consists of yowling.

* The History channel aired a program about a black African mummy found in the Sahara, in which footage of a contemporary African cattle-herding village was used to simulate what the dead boy's community might have been like. Unfortunately, a rooster is heard crowing in the background, and while the mummified boy's culture had acquired goats and cattle from the Middle East, chickens (an Asian species) wouldn't make it to Africa for another few thousand years.

* An episode of ''Series/HappyDays'' finds the gang camping in the woods. At the very end the air is filled with raucous animal noises of all varieties, getting louder. Fonzie yells "COOL IT!" and all sounds instantly stop.

* Similar to the Warhammer example, Skelebots in ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' can only vocalize a few prerecorded phrases like "Surrender or be destroyed" or "Does not compute." They coordinate attacks entirely through radio signals, and use laser rifles, so in battle there's not even the sound of gunfire. The book mentions just how [[NothingIsScarier terrifying]] it is to have a couple dozen robots that look like black skeletons silently move in on a target with deadly intent.

* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', if you're a Controller and happen to have Plant Control in your power set, congratulations! You're the proud owner of roaring man eating plants and vines.

* ''Videogame/RedDeadRedemption'' has wolves, coyotes and cougars that are always happy to inform you of their presence in the vicinity by barking, howling or roaring.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''; the main characters are animals in a New York City zoo. Fair enough - but in the background are generic jungle noises. The cast go to bed... and someone yells to [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn turn off the ambiance]]. When that happens, a generic New York City background noise replaces it, complete with sirens. Alex the lion then yawns and relaxes and goes to sleep. Surprisingly, this is TruthInTelevision, since many zoos do have random jungle white noise played throughout the park to make the guests (and animals) feel more immersed.

* ''Literature/{{Timeline}}'' by Creator/MichaelCrichton has our protagonists transported to a forest in a medieval setting, they are all shocked as to how quiet the forest really is. In the film adaptation everything imaginable in the forest makes a loud noise.
* In ''Ivory Extraordinaire'', an alternate Earth dominated by amphibians is considered creepy because the native tetrapods don't have voices. Ironic, considering how frogs and toads are among the few taxa that ''can'' be as noisy as depicted in film, but justified because the beasts on Amphibia are more akin to Permian-era labyrinthodonts and the like.

** No need for a forest if there are street cats or, god forbid, foxes in your neighborhood. Or even worse, raccoons. They don't make noise often, but let two of them get in a fight in your yard or on your roof...

* Canada geese are known for honking in flight. But if you go near their nest they will HISS like a pissed off cat.

* Even we humans could be considered a major aversion: even when there are no other humans around to communicate with, we'll habitually talk, sing, or hum to ourselves. And that's when we're not chattering away to our pets, our houseplants, our cars, our imaginary friends, our reflections....

* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' has a roaring barracuda and a screeching anglerfish. Given their respective scenes are particularly heavy on NightmareFuel, this is most likely a case of RuleOfScary and RuleOfDrama.

This trope can also cover animals whose "characteristic" calls and cries do not actually belong to them. All owls hoot, all big cats roar, and all birds of prey scream like the Red-Tailed Hawk (because [[RuleOfCool a Bald Eagle's cry MUST be awesome.]]) More movies and TV shows than you can shake a stick at have ambient noise that includes bird calls of species not native to that region. This is especially common in movies filmed in [[CaliforniaDoubling California but set on some other continent]], but even a movie filmed "on location" can have misplaced bird calls added in the editing process. Special mention must go to the frog. Only one type of frog goes "ribbit". It lives in Hollywood. Go figure.

May disrupt SuspensionOfDisbelief for tropers who know their stuff about animals. Not to be confused with CuteButCacophonic. Noisy forests also tend to be places where [[EverythingTryingToKillYou Everything is Trying To Kill You]]. See also MisplacedWildlife, AllAnimalsAreDogs, JunglesSoundLikeKookaburras, BugBuzz and SillyAnimalSound. Use of StockSoundEffects is a common culprit. Possibly related to SmallReferencePools.

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* [[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 the planet where ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' 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 Vinnie"). 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 very definitely goes "ribbit".]] It's the frog that lives in 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. Actual 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. D'oh!\\
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It's really easier to list the aversions and weirdest examples:
** Mostly averted in Disney's ''Disney/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. Oi.
** In the ''Anime/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode "Remote Island Syndrome Part 1", there was a ''gull'' with the call of a red-tailed hawk. Yes, a gull. Yeah, they can scream but seriously people.
** 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 ''Disney/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 ''LightNovel/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]].
* 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)
* When a rat appears on screen, it will squeak. Real rats squeak very rarely, usually when fighting. They ''are'' very vocal, making lots of clicks and chittering noises... most of which are too high-pitched for humans to hear.
** Also, ''ANY'' Rodent will squeak, even if it's a rodent that makes another noise, like guinea pigs. Guinea pigs have a rather wide range of sounds, but the closest thing to squeaking is when they wheek. And whereas a squeak is usually a small sound, a guinea pig's wheek is more like a loud yelling when they want attention. [[http://www.jackiesguineapiggies.com/guineapigsounds.html Here are some of the sounds guinea pigs make,]] and you can almost guarantee you will never hear them when a guinea pig is on-screen.
* The sounds of any ape, and most monkeys, are commonly represented by the shrieks, chuckles or screeches of chimpanzees. This is particularly noticeable when it's used with gorillas, as even if you've never heard their real voices (deep rumbles, hoots, and yawn-like grunts), sheer bulk makes a chimp's cries seem incongruously high-pitched.
* 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.
* All predators in general growling and roaring as they chase their prey. This makes no sense unless they are feeding on their fear.
* After films like ''Film/JurassicPark'' ,Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals are almost always portrayed as uttering loud, thunderous monstrous roars and growls, obviously just to appear more awesome. Fossil evidence and research suggests dinosaurs might have sounded more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_yyvTRVoZQ like crocodilians]] which can even produce infrasounds lower than 20 hertz. It is also believed they may have sounded like their living descendants, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dcQO6Zb8Eg the birds]], and some other scientists have proposed dinos may not have been able to vocalize ''at all''. This last theory is rather dubious, however, considering we have proof of noisy dinosaurs such as the hadrosaurs.
* In Fictionland, ALL big cats smaller than a tiger and lion almost always utilize the iconic caterwaul of the cougar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVZCAQP6eQM. 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 can roar,but make no high pitched screams akin to the cougars iconic scream, as seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbg2tmyhLA. Smaller cats like ocelots and lynx have their own unique vocalization, which can sound rather scary on their own terms.
** On that note, having a cheetah make standard feline vocalization, whether it be big cat roars or cougar screams, cheetahs are well known for having very.......unconventional vocalizations for a feline ; they chirp like birds, bark/yap like foxes, make high pitched calls and "churrm" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW8dKk6tDEg
* Hyenas barking, howling, yelping, growling or whimpering, as seen in The Lion King. No, hyenas aren't dogs (they`re closer to mongooses and even cats), and they don't make any canine-esque sounds, but rather have their own unique plethora of vocalization, spotted hyenas make grunts, whoops, groans, a very rattling snarl and of course their iconic laughing cry. Striped hyenas, meanwhile, sound like.................this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVkdFH1CA7A
* It's surprisingly common for fictional [[ThreateningShark sharks]] to let out a growl as they open their mouth for a bite. Sharks don't have any kind of organs to produce sounds and are specialized for swimming up on their prey in complete silence.

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* So, how about the "Green Sense" commercial where the [[CuteButCacophonic Starling's call]] is overdubbed with the far cuter, far less cacophonic Robin's song?
* In one Axe hair gel commercial, a man (using a different hair gel) impales fish on his hair while cliff diving and is attacked by a seagull screeching like hawk.
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** Much subtler - so much so that it has to be pointed out in the commentary - is in ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', in the scene where Nedry "fights" the dilophosaur. The commentary explicitly notes, no, there are no elephants on the island, it's just there to pull the viewer into the jungle setting.
* The swan in ''Film/HotFuzz'' honks like a goose. The common white swan is more properly known as the ''Mute'' Swan; it is capable of making some sounds, usually hissing at predators (or people who get too close), but not honking.
* The giant mutant ants in ''Film/{{Them}}'' are quite noisy for creatures without vocal cords.
* All fictional lizards (the [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent cute ones, at least]]) seem to make the same weird nasal growling noise (which comes from, of all things, a ''baby jaguar''). The trailer for ''Literature/NimsIsland'' featured an impossibly talkative bearded dragon. They only hiss -- and they'll do ''that'' only if you try to give them a bath.
* A documentary on big cats gave a cheetah a fierce roar. When they fail to point out that cheetahs do ''not'' roar (they chirp!), one can turn off the TV and take refuge in the encyclopedia.
* The most hilarious recent example can be heard in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDepiNP_3Ys this trailer]] for ''Oceans''. Err, those aren't baby ducklings...
* The roaring shark comes from [[{{Sequelitis}} good]] [[VoodooShark old]] ''Film/JawsTheRevenge''. Like Bruce IV's famous bellowing in ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'', Brucette in ''Film/Jaws3D'' growled whenever she opened her mouth (it was a very deep watery sound that you might miss most of the time), and a soft echoing roar is heard when Bruce's decapitated body sinks into the abyss at the end of ''Jaws'' (though that's merely symbolic, and was the same roar from Spielberg's earlier film ''Film/{{Duel}}''). ''Film/Sharknado2TheSecondOne'' also had roaring sharks and was likely inspired by this.
* There's a roaring shark in ''Film/SharkAttack3Megalodon'' too.
* ''Film/JurassicPark'' featured a herd of Brachiosaurus making some sort of honking noise. Just one problem, Brachiosaurus is thought to be a dinosaur that made relatively few vocal sounds.
** The predators are guilty of this; The ''Dilophosaurs'' shreiks at Nedry when hunting him, the ''T.rexes'' constantly roar throughout the films (As does the ''Spinosaurus'' in the third film), and the ''Velociraptors'' growl and shriek.
*** This gets called out by the Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} of the film, where they ask what kind of predator stops hunting every thirty seconds to shout at the top of its lungs.

* Not sure if it counts, but coming within a decent proximity of any of the tornadoes in ''Film/{{Twister}}'', provokes the odd animalistic roar in with the dramatic sounds of wind. As if you weren't already fairly certain that this was one kitty not to be petted.
** Justified in that survivor accounts of tornadoes describe many different sounds caused by the high winds and debris: a hundred roaring lions, a herd of squealing pigs, gigantic washing machines, jet engines, a huge tin can filled with rocks and being shaken.

* Ceasar the chimpanzee is heard roaring like a lion in a trailer for ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. Did they give him that ability as a test run at the lab, before giving him a human-level intellect?
* In ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'', the vulture that tries to eat Conan when he's nailed to the Tree of Woe sounds like some type of seagull, which is doubly wrong because Conan is biting its neck and it shouldn't be able to vocalize at all.

* The ferrets in Film/TheBeastmaster make some very un-ferret like sounds. Real ferrets make very little sound most of the time, but often hiss, grunt, and make a sort of chortling sound when playing.
** Kimble's ferret in ''Film/KindergartenCop'' similarly makes lots of squeaking, chittery noises that ferrets don't really produce.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' features a wolf whose growls sound more like some sort of big cat than a wolf.

* A roaring giant squid in the adaptation of Creator/PeterBenchley's ''Film/TheBeast''. The squid actually made a distorted shriek/screech, like a giant mechanical eagle (or red-tailed hawk).
* In the werewolf movie ''Film/{{Howl}}'', some of the attacking lycanthropes have the distinctive "yip-yip-auoooo!" cry of a ''coyote''.

* The roars used in ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' media for lions are actually tiger roars. Lion roars weren't considered [[RealityIsUnrealistic powerful sounding enough]].

* In ''Series/SkippyTheBushKangaroo'', Skippy's trademark 'tchk tchk tchk' noise was entirely fictional. Kangaroos make no such sounds.
* ''{{Series/Flipper}}'''s famous chatter? That's a sped-up kookaburra.
* ''Series/TheColbertReport'' has an opening sequence has a red, white, and blue bald eagle making a red-tailed hawk's cry. The show being what it is, it's either intentional or would be if they knew.

* A very strange example, as it swaps out an awesome-sounding call for a rather cuter one: in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', [[OurWereWolvesAreDifferent Wolf Link]] gives ''coyote'' howls instead of wolf howls.
** Probably because a coyote's howl sounds more musical for the [[OcarinaPlaylist howling melody sections]]. (The howled melodies actually ''are'' the songs from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. [[ContinuitySnarl Make of that what you will]].)

* The ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'' series is guilty as charged with most of the characters' [[{{Animorphism}} animal forms]], though the most glaring example would be Yugo, the roaring '''wolf'''.

* The Barn Owl (famous for being silent fliers) in ''VideoGame/FlyLikeABird'' makes sound as its wings flap.
* During the dramatic opening of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', there's a close-up of a pigeon crying like a red-tailed hawk.
* In ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'', the owl Kuro uses the aforementioned red-tailed hawk call.

* A shark who roars like a Mountain Lion is just icing on the WTF Cake that is the animated feature, ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicVoyage''.
* Once a lion from ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'' got stuck in a thorn bush, so it starts roaring like a grizzly bear.

* The mythical Golden Herons in ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'' are voiced by the Common Loon.

* Even we humans could be considered a major aversion: even when there are no other humans around to communicate with, we'll habitually sing or hum to ourselves, when we're not chattering away to our pets, our houseplants, our cars, our imaginary friends, our reflections....

* Humans ourselves could be considered an aversion: even when there are no other humans around to communicate with, we'll habitually sing or hum to ourselves, when we're not chattering away to our pets, our houseplants, our cars, our imaginary friends, our reflections....

* 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, [[CarnivoreConfusion 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.)

* The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E24EnglishAsASecondLanguage English as a Second Language]]" puts nature recordings over the Pa. One of the tacks is entitled Antelope Slaughter at Indutu.