The Sleeping World: Dune Vibrations with a Fennec Fox

by Mumble Media, Cynthia Kimola (Narrator), Audible Sleep

Wind down by escaping into nature. Part soundscape and part bedtime story, The Sleeping World is an intimate journey through ecologies around the world.

Fennec foxes' ears can be up to half as long as their bodies. They use them to track movement across the Sahara Desert, including under the sand. In this episode, we follow a fox as he meanders home to his family through the sand dunes as they slowly shift with the wind.

This is the world in its natural state, defined by seasons, routines, and cycles. By the time the fox is nestled with his pups inside a den dug into a dune, ready to doze, you'll be ready to doze too.

Produced by Audible and Mumble Media
Written by Fil Corbitt
Narrated by Cynthia Kimola
Executive Producers for Mumble Cara Ehlenfeldt and Jake Young
Executive Producer for Anna Stitt
Sound Design and Mumble Media
The Mumble Media team is Jaymeson Catsouphes, Cara Ehlenfeldt, Chester Gwazda, Liz Mak, Lee Mengistu, Renée Vargas, and Jake Young
Andrea López-Cruzado
Head of Creative Development at Kate Navin
Chief Content Officer at Rachel Ghiazza

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

Genres: Nonfiction, Nature, Animals, Audiobook, Science

Audible Audio

Published March 13, 2025

Reviews

[Claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wanted something a bit different and since I'm listening and/or reading a couple longer books, figured I'd see if I could find a short audiobook.

Found one and it gives a short introduction to the vast sandy wasteland of the Sahara Desert, the dunes and a fennic fox father making his way back home after hunting for most of the night. As he returns and does a bit more hunting - finds a locust to munch on, ignores the horned lizard, stops by the human held oasis for some fallen fruit, has a short staring contest with a gazelle before finding his way back into this den where his mate has already returned and the family of five - there are three pups - settle down to sleep some of the daylight hours.

The vibrations come in at the last ten minutes where the listener hears some of the blowing wind, some birds greeting the dawn, the sounds of sand moving across the dunes. Literally just soothing sounds.

As I said - short and doesn't demand a long expanse of attention but gives a bit of exposure to the fennic and the other night residents of the Sahara.

2025-013

[Genevieve (GenLikesToRead)]

I started with the Fennec Fox in this "The Sleeping World" series and was surprised at what it was. I wasn't really sure what to expect from this series but for those that are wondering, you get about 30-40 minutes of information about the chosen animal, where they live, their lifestyle, etc. Then the last 10 or so minutes are soundscape noises (such as rain or ocean waves) that mimic sounds from the animals habitat.

The narrator isn't my favorite, but she does have an overall very calming voice so it's very peaceful to listen to.

My favorite part about these is definitely all the facts that I've learned about various animals.

Since these are included in my Audible membership, I definitely plan to listen to all of them. I love to listen to them when I'm on a walk because they are the perfect amount of time and a good distraction from potentially getting bored.

They might not be everyone's cup of tea but I definitely think people should give one a go and see if they like it!

[Jaime Lyerly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was not what I expected it was going to be, but after reading the other review on her, I enjoyed it.

It's more like a nature documentary than something to sleep to as I thought it was going to be.

The narrator talks the whole time, telling a story and facts about a fennec fox in his journey to get food before going home to go to sleep.

I thought it was just going to be sounds of the fennec fox, instead of a story.

It took me 4 times through before I heard the whole story, as I kept falling asleep, so it does work as a sleep aid.

I would try this series again, now that I know what it's about.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
I listened to 4 short offerings on animals that were offered as a membership From Audible:
1. Fennec Fox
2. Humpback Whale
3. Platypus
4. Dung Beetles

Each of these was approximately 50-55 minutes long and provided basic information on each animal and its environment. I gained a bit of new and interesting information on these creatures

[Larissa Schewe · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Kids loved falling asleep to this, relaxing and informative.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this one too! This is the second in the series I’ve listened to and I find them relaxing and interesting.

[Stacy Moll · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love fennec foxes, they are easily in my top ten. This is an interesting book about how they live in the Sahara desert.

[AttackGirl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting but I found to be extremely irritable during the day.

[bimri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just learnt of this curious creature called the Fennec Fox! I like this animal, its adaptations to survive in the hostile Sahara is majestic!