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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: mb03 on February 21, 2013, 02:33:23 am
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Hello everyone.
I am a 2nd year student at the university of Plymouth and I am undertaking a research project into pig vocalisations.
If you are able to spare a couple of minutes your time to answer my survey i would be very grateful! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LWYBNL7 (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LWYBNL7)
If you have any questions, comments or criticisms, feel free to post them here and i will answer them
As a some sort of thanks, here my own pigs
(http://s3.postimage.org/unwpt80of/image_upload_25_776731.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/unwpt80of/)
(http://s16.postimage.org/i34drrj1t/image_upload_27_785637.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/i34drrj1t/)
Thank you for your time
regards,
Mb03
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Have responded
Not sure what the question "When do the pigs start vocalising" Do you mean from what age (eg "6 weeks old") , or at what time (eg "as I get there?" or "only at feeding time")
Good luck with your work !
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Done too :thumbsup:
Good luck with your dissertation, would love to see the final draft ;)
Karen
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Just tried your survey but can't listen to the samples, what am I doing wrong. :thinking:
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Won't work on the iPad so when I get a chance will turn on the computer :farmer:
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Have responded
Not sure what the question "When do the pigs start vocalising" Do you mean from what age (eg "6 weeks old") , or at what time (eg "as I get there?" or "only at feeding time")
Good luck with your work !
Thanks for your answers, i should have made that question more clear! I was asking what sort of time they begin vocalising. Just tried your survey but can't listen to the samples, what am I doing wrong. :thinking:
Technology! I'll check the samples, but the website is set to stream (play) the sound automatically without any messing about or downloading. Thanks for your responses!
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Just tried your survey but can't listen to the samples, what am I doing wrong. :thinking:
It might be the same thing I did wrong to start with BB :innocent:
I copied the whole line of text into the bar, you only need the bit from http: in order for it to work :dunce: In my defence, I was still sleepy :tired: :roflanim:
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Survey completed. :thumbsup:
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done!
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Done :thumbsup:
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Thanks, everyone
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Done. I loved listening to the sounds :)
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done, couldn't hear sounds
mandy :pig:
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Thanks everyone :thumbsup:
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Done. Very interesting, what are you trying to discover?
I can "talk"to my pigs: the single grunt encourages them to move into a trailer or through a gate, the warning multiple grunts warn the young ones that they are getting too boisterous and need to back off.
Pig whisperer? ;) :pig: :pig: :pig:
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Done. Very interesting, what are you trying to discover?
I can "talk"to my pigs: the single grunt encourages them to move into a trailer or through a gate, the warning multiple grunts warn the young ones that they are getting too boisterous and need to back off.
Pig whisperer? ;) :pig: :pig: :pig:
The project i am undertaking is into 'anticipatory' pig vocalisations, and whether these are universal amongst unrelated herds. e.g., does pig A make the same anticipatory vocalisation that Pig B, 30 miles away makes? Results are very interesting so far thanks to the survey and my own observations, but i don't have a full picture yet!
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Oh, interesting. We are down to just 4 pigs at the moment, but they are all related. But we had the boar here recently and he comes from an hour's drive away. He made noises that were different to our pigs - but they were sucking tusk noises as if he was saying 'Cooorrrrrr, Giz a kissy lovvey!' We are hoping to get some new weaners in soon - probably a different breed. We'll see if there are any differences between them when they arrive if you like?
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'Cooorrrrrr, Giz a kissy lovvey!'
I really really hope any pig I get talks like this! :roflanim:
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'Cooorrrrrr, Giz a kissy lovvey!'
I really really hope any pig I get talks like this! :roflanim:
William was a pig of magnificence and presence. You could not ignore him when in his company. His whole 'upper' body reminded me of Mr Incredible - actually even down to the slimmer hips! When he wanted to tell a woman he found her attractive, he didn't mess about. My friend Gretel almost vomited at the smell of testosterone, and was in awe at the amount of foam he was producing at the mount, tusks on show and pawing at the ground to be allowed into the girls' pen. And we were not hanging around - believe me! In fact, on watching him make his introductions to the ladies, Gretel was heard to observe 'Not very Farrow and Ball here, is it?!' :roflanim: