If you know anything about DCist, you know we’re suckers for anything the adorable animals who live at the National Zoo are up to. So you can imagine our reaction when FONZ sent out a press release announcing the sale of National Zoo Animal Vocalization Ringtones. Oh, the zoomanity.
There are 25 animal vocalizations available for download, each for $2.99. All three of the Zoo’s pandas are on offer, as well as the Sumatran tiger cub Soyono and other zoo animals like an African lion, cheetah, giant anteater, white-cheeked gibbon, golden lion tamarin, Grevy’s zebra, and an Asian small-clawed otter. Other wildlife ringtones are available by animals not featured at the Zoo courtesy of Conservation Calling, plus D.C.’s official bird, the wood thrush, and the state birds of Maryland (Baltimore oriole) and Virginia (Northern cardinal).
Personally, I’m considering getting the Grevy’s Zebra ringtone. Just the right amount of obnoxious, horrible animalness to annoy people all over town! Although the Tai Shan noise is without a doubt the cutest damn thing we’ve ever heard.
Photo by cowbellemoo