Assertion: giraffe | /r/HasProperty | silent
Facets:
value: normally
type: DEGREE
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
value: besides a few sounds
type: OTHER
value: unlike other animals
type: OTHER
value: most of the time
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Giraffes are usually silent although they can bellow, grunt or snort when alarmed, as when confronted by lions, and can also moo in distress.
text: It was previously thought that giraffes are quiet animals that don’t make a noise, however research now suggests that giraffes in fact hum mostly at night, with the occasional snort or grunt.
text: Giraffe are quiet, but they can make a variety of sounds including grunts, hisses, coughs (by courting males), bellows (by females calling their young) and whistles.
text: Giraffes are fairly quiet beings: They do have a larynx (a.k.a. voice box), but rarely use it.
text: It’s long been assumed that unlike other animals, giraffes are largely silent beasts.
text: Here he elaborates on the fact that giraffes are silent beings that do not have a distinctive call.
text: Giraffes are silent animals, but they are certainly not mute.
text: Giraffes are quiet creatures.
text: Giraffes are mostly silent creatures besides a few sounds like grunting and bellowing.
text: The giraffe is silent most of the time but can make a wide variety of sounds, including mooing, bleating, bellowing, snoring, whistling, grunting, and coughing.
text: This has put some major holes in the early theory that giraffes are usually silent.
text: Giraffes are normally silent and don’t make much vocal noise.
text: Giraffes and okapis are normally silent, but both have a range of vocalizations, including coughing, snorting, moaning, hissing, and whistling.
text: Giraffes are normally quiet animals.
text: Giraffes are mostly quiet animals and the majority of their communication takes place on a non-verbal level.
text: Giraffes are generally quiet animals that go about their business with an air of serenity.
text: Giraffes are generally quiet animals but they are capable of mooing, bleating, and bellowing.