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The loudest animal in the world is the blue whale: its vocalisations of up to 188 decibels can be heard 160km away. But as it's also the largest animal, that's only 0.0012dB per kilo of body mass.
- What is the loudest land animal?
- What is the loudest on Earth?
- What are the noisiest animals in the world?
- Which animal screams loudly?
- Which animal screams the most?
- Who roars louder a lion or a tiger?
- How loud is a black hole?
- How loud is the sun?
- What is the loudest sea creature?
- Which is the largest mammal?
What is the loudest land animal?
Howler Monkeys: 128db
As the name suggest howler monkeys howl. They are very social animals and live in large groups and have a variety of sounds to communicate with each other. They are also known as the loudest land animal as their howls can reach up to 128 db and cover an area of 3 miles.
What is the loudest on Earth?
The Krakatoa volcanic eruption: Not only did it cause serious damage to the island, the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 created the loudest sound ever reported at 180 dB.
What are the noisiest animals in the world?
The blue whale is not just the winner of the loudest noise competition – it is also the largest animal in the world. Other big noise makers are lions at 114 dB, followed by howler monkeys (the name says it all!) and wolves, both at 90 dB.
Which animal screams loudly?
The greater bulldog bat is currently the loudest known member of the family. They use their exceptionally loud sound – exceeding 140dB, louder than a chainsaw – to track the movement of fish in water pools.
Which animal screams the most?
Howler Monkeys are the loudest animal in the New World and their sound can travel for up to three miles of thick forest. Male howler monkey screams can reach up to 140 decibels.
Who roars louder a lion or a tiger?
Both lions and tigers have very loud roars, but the lion has a louder roar.
How loud is a black hole?
With energy as great as 1100 dB, it would create enough gravity to cause a black hole to form, and an incredibly large one at that. Decibels are a logarithmic unit. That means 20 decibels isn't 2 times more powerful than 10 decibels, it's 10 times more powerful.
How loud is the sun?
The answer might surprise you, as solar physicists estimate that the solar surface noise would be approximately 100dB by the time it reaches Earth! The enormity of the sun's surface paired with its capability of generating of tens of thousands of watts of sound energy per meter makes the sun astronomically loud.
What is the loudest sea creature?
Sperm Whale
Although blue whales are considered by most to be the loudest animals, there are many ways to measure loudness. At pure decibels, the sperm whale is louder than the blue whale because its clicks have been recorded at 230 decibels.
Which is the largest mammal?
The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the biggest animal on the planet, weighing up to 400,000 pounds (approximately 33 elephants) and reaching up to 98 feet in length.
