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Bull elk
A beast on the bugle
The distinctive call of the bull elk – known as a bugle – is a familiar sound each autumn here in the US state of Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. Human visitors often describe the vocalisations as eerie and haunting, but if you're a cow elk, they're downright dreamy. Bugling is a key element of elk mating rituals, and every bull does it differently, weaving high-pitched whistles with throaty grunts to create compositions all their own. Bugles are complex and able to convey a variety of messages – but usually the gist is, "Hey ladies, look at me!"
A beast on the bugle
The distinctive call of the bull elk – known as a bugle – is a familiar sound each autumn here in the US state of Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. Human visitors often describe the vocalisations as eerie and haunting, but if you're a cow elk, they're downright dreamy. Bugling is a key element of elk mating rituals, and every bull does it differently, weaving high-pitched whistles with throaty grunts to create compositions all their own. Bugles are complex and able to convey a variety of messages – but usually the gist is, "Hey ladies, look at me!"
The distinctive call known as a bugle is a key element of elk mating rituals.
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