Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/02/27/fish-as-loud-as-a-gunshot.html
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Very cool. I’d never heard of them
The “gunshot” aspect of this is misleading. The fish produces a normal volume for animal calls, but it is absurdly small and other animals that small aren’t nearly as loud. A better description might be as loud as a cicada at ~5% the mass
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as loud as a gunshot close up, or a jet engine at 100 feet away
I had to go to the article to get a number: 140 dB.
Mantis shrimp (which are admittedly much larger, 2"-7") make 200 dB noises.
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So this isn’t about the trigger fish?
Or the archer fish?
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From a comment on a post a few weeks ago - small things can indeed be surprisingly loud:
Video with audio at the link.
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