声音是动物交流思想,表达情感的重要手段,对动物声音的研究已成为当代科学研究的一个重要课题。为了加强对各种动物声音的研究,莫斯科大学生物系建立了一所独特的动物声音档案馆。这所档案馆已有十六年的历史,先后收集了三千多种鸟兽和昆虫的声音,其中包括蚂蚁和鱼这样一些好象“不会说话”的动物的声音。这些动物录音不仅对研究这些动物本身具有重要意义,有些录音带甚至在神经科医生治疗失眠症时得到了应用。现在莫斯科大学这个动物音库的库藏量不断增加。苏联各地的许多自然保护区和动 Sound is an important means of exchanging ideas and expressing emotions. Research on the sound of animals has become an important issue in contemporary scientific research. In order to strengthen the study of the sound of various animals, Moscow University Department of Biology established a unique animal sound archives. The archives, which have been sixteen years old, have collected more than 3,000 species of beasts and insects, including the sounds of animals like ants and fish that do not speak. These animal recordings are not only important for the study of the animals themselves, some are even used by neurologists in the treatment of insomnia. Now Moscow University, the library of animal sound reserves increasing. Many nature reserves and movements throughout the Soviet Union