Although a considerable body of scholarly work has examined the effects of Helium (2He) on human voice production [see, for example (Helium-assisted) High note research] we are by no means the only animals to have been investigated in this respect – here is a (non-exhaustive) list of examples of other creatures who have squawked, croaked, squeaked and even sung (soprano) under the influence of 2He.
Frogs: Frogs in helium: The anuran vocal sac is not a cavity resonator.
Bats: The acoustics of the vocal tract in the horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hildebrandti.
Dolphins: Dolphin whistles: a functional misnomer revealed by heliox breathing.
BONUS with audio: ‘Soprano singing in gibbons’ – their normal singing can be heard here, via the Silvery Gibbon Project, and their Helium Soprano voice, here, via Nature.
Note: The photo shows Sir William Ramsay KCB FRS FRSE (1852–1916) the British chemist who received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the ‘Noble Gases’ e.g. 2He
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