Re: The Unknown Primate

["David Michael" corticalsongs]

Thanks Richard for the identifications!

This recording was taken more than a year ago and I have just now  
stumbled upon the screamers. They are truely unforgettable - Im quite  
spooked by them (even more than the howlers). The Amazon is often  
portrayed as a lush paradise in recordings, but really it oscillates  
between a dream and a nightmare. Sounds like the screamers are  
incredibly unsettling - and there are alot of bizarre and aggressive  
sounding callers in the forest.

Our favorite game to play in Brasil was "bird, insect, amphibian,  
mammal" because so many of the sounds were completely new to our ears  
and you could never be quite sure what it was that made it  
(environmental acousmatics?).

Thanks again, and to all who played this round of "bird, insect,  
amphibian, mammal".

David