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Night Voice principle

Lessons from Tree Hyrax

Call from the bark.

Arboreal Forest Calling

Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) featured animal image on AnimalDex

Core lesson

A small body can fill the dark when its signal belongs to the trees.

Biological basis

Tree Hyraxes are nocturnal, tree-dwelling mammals with gripping feet and loud calls that carry through forest at night.

Best use cases

Where this lesson tends to be most useful in practice.

VoiceNight presenceSmall body big signalTerritoryBeing heard

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