Mikaela
Hadasa Animals

We like a song that goes like this:

Captain Kaela went to space - E-I-E-I-O
Aboard an interstellar ark - E-I-E-I-O
And on her ship she had some X
Like Y ... And Z

X represents a group of animals (such as Australians). Y and Z represent examples (such as kangaroos and koalas). You may have heard a similar song before. The thing is, it's not always clear what sounds each animal makes. And sometimes we come up with sounds that don't have animals to match up with them. And there have got to be some key animals that we're missing from our song. Please help. Email us your additions and corrections so we can get this song right. We thank you in advance.


Animals with sounds and or gestures

ant - "march march march march"
anteater - "fwoop fwoop" (sucking sound)
alligator - "snap" (with clamping gesture)
bear - "growl"
bee - "buzzzz" (with bee gestures)
bird (big) - "tweet tweet tweet"
bird (little) - "cheep cheep cheep"
bison /buffalo - "moooo" (lower than a cow)
bunny - "boing boing"
butterfly - "flap flap flap flap" (with butterfly gesture)
cat - "meow"
camel - "spit"
cheetah - "zoom; whoosh"
chicken - "bak bak bak bak bak bak bkaw"
clam - "shhhh"
cow - "moooo"
coyote - "ou ooooo"
crab - "crab crab crab" (with clamping gesture)
cricket - "grre grre"
crocodile - "snap" (with clamping gesture)
crow - "caw"
dodo - "wha?"
dog (big) - "woof woof bark"
dog (little) - "arf arf bow wow wow"
dolphin - "eh eh eh eh"
donkey - "hee haw"
duck - "quack"
elephant - "roooo" (trumpet sound)
fish - "bll bll bll bll"
flamingo - "steady steady"
fly - "dzzzz; help me" (with bee gestures)
frog - "ribbit"
gibbon - "whoop whoop whoop whoooop"
giraffe - "stretch; chomp; swallow"
goat - "baa baa"
goose - "honk honk"
gorilla - "hoo uh hoo uh"
hawk - "aw aw"
hippo - "yawn" (with big yawn)
hog - "snort"
horse - "neigh"
hyena - "ha ha"(with sarcastic smile)
kangaroo - "hop; skip" (with boxing gesture)
koala - "cough" (with coughing gestures)
lion - "roar"
mole - "dig dig dig"
monkey - "oo oo ee ee"
mosquito - "bizzzz; bite" (with bee gestures)
mouse - "squeak squeak"
octopus - "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8" (with counting fingers)
ostrich - "kick kick kick; I can't handle the truth"
owl - "who"
parrot - "rak; whistle; hello hello" (high voice)
penguin - "brrr k k k"
person - "hello hello" (low voice)
pig - "oink"
pigeon - "cooo"
polar bear - "help me"
rat - "gnaw gnaw" (with annoying face)
raven - "nevermore"
rhino - "ah ha choo" (with sneeze simulation)
roach - (La Cucaracha)
robot - "beep beep"
rooster - "cock a doodle doo"
sea horse - "neibl bl"
seal - "ork ork ork" (with hand slapping gesture)
shark - "duh dum duh dum"
sheep - "baa baa"
skunk - "pshew"
snake - "hssss"
spider - "spin spin" (with spidery finger gesture)
swallow - "swallow"
swan - (quiet gestures of pride)
tiger - "rowrr"
toad - "croak"
tribble - "grrrre"
turkey - "gobble gobble"
walrus - "goo goo ga joob"
whale - "woooo woooo" (low and slow)
wolf - "huff puff"
woodpecker - "peck peck peck" (with poking gesture)
yak - "moooo" (somewhere between a cow and buffalo)
zebra - "neigh"


Animals without sounds

alpaca
anemone
armadillo
bat
caterpillar
deer
dragonfly
eagle
eel
emu
fox
grasshopper
iguana
jellyfish
katydid
ladybug
lizard
llama
manatee
mantis
newt
orca
panda
peacock
pelican
platypus
porcupine
quail
raccoon
salamander
scorpion
sloth
snail
sponge
squid
squirrel
starfish
tortise
toucan
turtle
worm


Sounds without animals

"fff fff fff"
"pshaw"
(snap)
"squawk"
(thumbs up)
"tsk tsk tsk"
"man alive"



added 2008 0628