Hannah Chin

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696 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 17 Aug

Hannah Chin’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Short Wave · The problem with modern avocados — and the ancient solution · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

These women were buff.

Exactly.

And she did a deeper analysis of the bones and she found these women were, yeah, buff.

They were really strong.

And they found that for all the variety there is in these birds worldwide, they're all trying to communicate basically one of two messages, either attracting mates or claiming territory.

And they use these eight basic motifs.

OK, so what are the eight different motifs?

And an ultra-fast trill.

Whoa.

Was that the ultra fast I just heard?

Yeah.

And that one's sung by a bohemian waxwing in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

And we don't have time to cover all eight of them.

But another pattern that's maybe worth knowing is the flat whistle.

Well, it's simple and it's loud, so it can be heard in a wide area.

Here's the lead author of the study, Quentin Piquelli.

He's a PhD candidate studying bioacoustics in Paris.

And for more science stories just like this one, follow Shortwave on whatever app you're listening to.

Tyler Jones checked the facts.

Anli Wong, Robert Rodriguez, and Peter Alaina were the audio engineers.

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