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Are all storks mute? How do they communicate?

My friend has a pet stork and I have never once heard it make any noise at all. My friend says that storks are all mute, but if this is true, how do they communicate? Is he right? Do birds, especially storks, communicate in other ways other than noises? Is it all bosy language or a vague sort of sign language? 

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  1. J Starr 4425

    Didn't know, so I went looking.

    Per Wikipedia:

    Although it is sometimes reported that storks lack syrinxes and are mute,[7] they do have syrinxes,[8] and are capable of making some sounds, although they do not do so often.[4] The syrinxes of the storks are "variably degenerate" however,[8] and the syringeal membranes of some species are found between tracheal rings or cartilage, an unusual arrangement shared with the ovenbirds.[9]

    So, they can make noise, but they rarely make noise.

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