Soundbites is a weekly (biweekly, occasionally) feature of the coolest, newest bioacoustics, soundscape, and acoustic research, in bite-size form. Plus other cool stuff having to do with sound. Can you believe it’s already December?
Okay, so, the holiday season is upon us, and I thought I would do something a little different (mostly because end-of-term has meant I am fed up with reading papers and would rather look at holiday stuff). Today I present to you: a holiday gift guide for your favorite bioacoustician.
Species of interest cookie cutters: who doesn’t love holiday cookies? Better yet, let’s make holiday cookies in the shapes of bioacoustically relevant species! You’ve got your suite of marine mammals: seals, dolphins, and whales. Let’s throw in a bat for good measure. And of course, we can’t forget about my frogs! And let’s put a penguin in there for Michelle.
Really nice noise-canceling headphones: because we listen to a lot of stuff.
Xtratuf boots: land or sea, it doesn’t matter–a good pair of waterproof boots are necessary for any field season, anywhere.
Acoustics-themed art: how about a print of a waveform of something important to your bioacoustician of choice (like frog calls)? No? Well, you can always get a spectrogram poster instead.
But really, I think all the grad students in ORCAA can all relate to the following comic:
(“Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Jam, www.phdcomics.com)
Happy holidays!
Going to bed in Antarctica tonight (land of the midnight sun) and realized I was starting to forget about Christmas. Luckily Danielle has steered me back to the holidays with some fine fine gift ideas. I particularly like the penguin cookie cutter. When I get home perhaps ORCAA can have a New Year’s party and we’ll make those cookies.
Sending acoustic waves from the South Pole.
Miche
Great post! I’m off to bake some animal shaped cookies and then glaze half of them! Thanks for the tip!