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Instead of using lips like humans do, horses create a whistle inside their larynx or voice box, At the same time, the vocal cords are producing the deeper sound.
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Kate Perez, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Air vibrates the tissues in the voice box while an area just above contracts, leaving a small opening for the whistle to escape.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
The findings, which were published on Monday in Current Biology, suggest horses produce sounds at two frequencies in two distinct ways in their larynx, or voice box.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
Air vibrates the tissues in the voice box while an area just above contracts, leaving a small opening for the whistle to escape.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Kate Perez, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Air vibrates the tissues in the voice box while an area just above contracts, leaving a small opening for the whistle to escape.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
The findings, which were published on Monday in Current Biology, suggest horses produce sounds at two frequencies in two distinct ways in their larynx, or voice box.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026
Air vibrates the tissues in the voice box while an area just above contracts, leaving a small opening for the whistle to escape.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Voice box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice%20box. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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