Can You Get Alligators To Respond To A Tuba?
“Ding” Darling, File Photo Alligator By Tambako The Jaguar, Via Creative Commons.
Programs Friday, February 6, 2015 At The “Ding” Darling Visitor & Education Center
You can sometimes hear alligators bellowing on Sanibel & Captiva islands during their mating season. And, as it turns out and this will make you smile, alligators will bellow back at a professional symphony orchestra tuba player. Please see video below.
“Jeff Klinkenberg engaged a professional symphony orchestra tuba player to determine whether bull gators would respond with thunderous bellows to a low B-flat note during mating season; thus the name of his latest book Alligators in B Flat.
He will present two programs beginning at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, in the free “Ding” Darling Visitor & Education Center on Sanibel Island. Subtitled “Improbable Tales from the Files of Real Florida.”
Following his presentations, Klinkenberg will sign copies of his book, which is available for purchase in the Refuge Nature Store, all proceeds of which benefit refuge conservation and education programs. Admission is free to the lectures.
For more information on the lecture series, call 239-472-1100 ext. 241 or visit dingdarlingsociety.org.
Alligators In B Flat feature image courtesy of Tampa Bay Times.
