Like humans, animals create various sounds. This is how animals inform each other about danger, intimidate competitors in the fight for a female or territory, and call on the opposite sex. The sounds produced are so loud that they make it possible to transmit messages under water and on land over vast distances.
So, on the list of the loudest animals on 7th place settled down African lion. The volume of his roar reaches 87 decibels. The menacing roar of a lion can be heard at a distance of 8 km - it’s not for nothing that he is the king of beasts.
On 6th place -hyena. It makes a sound in a high range, reminiscent of laughter. The giggle of a hyena can be heard within a radius of 10 km.
On 5th place list of the loudest creatures is bullfrog. During the mating season, the sounds produced by this amphibian resemble the roar of a large bull, hence the name of the frog. Its peculiar croaking can be heard at a distance of 1 km.
4th place list occupies elephant. The power of an elephant's cry is 80-90 dB, and its roar can be heard for tens of kilometers. The vibrations created when walking under its weight spread over 30 km.
Bronze - 3rd place ranks on the list of the loudest animals howler monkey. The volume of its roar exceeds 90 decibels, and the cry of this primate can be heard at a distance of 5 km.
On second place the list is cicada. The sounds produced by this insect reach 120 dB - this is a record among insects. The chirping of one individual can be heard at a distance of about 400 meters. If you are close to a whole choir of cicadas, you can lose your hearing.
On first place on the list of the loudest animals is blue whale. The volume of sounds produced by blue whales is on average 189 decibels, which allows them to communicate at a distance of 33 km. However, this is not the limit - scientists have recorded the sound signals of a blue whale at a distance of 200 km.
A comparison can be made of the sound intensity of a rocket taking off. This is the loudest sound created by man - 170 decibels.
However, if we take into account the size of the animal, the loudest creature on earth is an insect rower. It lives in water bodies of Europe. Its size ranges from 1.5 to 15 mm, but the volume of the sounds it produces is 99.2 dB. Paddlers make such loud sounds during the mating period. An interesting fact is that they create this sound with the help of their genitals by moving them along the abdomen.
In nature, a person cannot hear the sound made by rowers, because... 99% of volume is lost in water.
An interesting thing is that the volume of rustling leaves is 10 dB, and the volume of a normal conversation is 40 dB. When sound intensity exceeds 130 decibels, there is a threat to human health.
The sounds made by marine mammals, such as whales or sperm whales, can be heard due to the fact that they propagate in low-frequency pulses in a dense medium - water, over hundreds of kilometers. It is true that the initial volume of these sounds is quite high. Thus, the blue whale makes sounds with an intensity of up to 188 dB, and the sperm whale - up to 116 dB, despite the fact that sperm whale calves call their mother with screams with an intensity of up to 162 dB.Scientists have learned to recognize, by the volume of sounds these giants make, not only their size, but also which clan the animal belongs to. From these sounds you can also determine what it is currently doing - hunting, feeding, courtship, raising cubs, or simply communicating with each other.
Land animals
Of the animals living on land, the crocodile is considered the loudest. During the mating season, males can make sounds with a volume of 108-110 dB. However, it is not far from him - the volume of sounds produced by these animals can reach 106 dB.The loudness of a donkey's roar is 78 dB, and it is considered a record holder in the category of domestic animals.
In Central and South America-howler monkeys. As follows from them, they are also masters of shouting. In males, under the tongue there is a bony bladder in which sounds are made when certain conditions begin to resonate, intensifying many times over. The cry of the males, of course, is not very euphonious - it resembles both the braying of a donkey and the barking of a dog, but it can be heard for many kilometers.
Of the birds, the Indian peacock has the loudest voice. His sharp guttural screams can be heard several kilometers away.
The loudest insects
Despite their modest size, some insects can compete with animals in the volume of sounds they make. Thus, an ordinary water beetle of the subspecies Micronecta scholtzi can chirp with a volume of up to 105 dB, although its size and weight are millions of times less than that of the same sperm whale or crocodile.Male cicadas can also produce particularly loud sounds, which use the vibration of ribbed plates in two resonator cavities on the abdomen to generate them. Females can hear these sounds from a distance of several kilometers, and the human ear can distinguish them from several hundred meters.
An insect such as the mole cricket, which lives deeply buried in the ground and feeds on the roots of plants, also does not miss the opportunity to crawl to the surface and make a sound, the volume of which can reach 92 dB, although the chirping of a mole cricket can be heard very rarely.
Like humans, all living things make different sounds. Thus, animals transmit information: they inform each other about their location, warn of danger, mark their territory, demonstrate their strength, call for a female during the mating season, or intimidate their competitors.
The sounds they make are so loud that they sometimes travel (both on land and in water) over distances of several hundred meters, or even more. And the louder and more powerful the animal’s voice, the greater its chances of achieving the desired success.
Blue whale
The blue whale (lat. Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest and loudest mammal on our planet. The sounds made by a blue whale travel over a radius of up to 800 kilometers, and their volume is 188-189 dB (decibels). If you imagine that a person is at such a distance from a screaming whale, then most likely he will receive severe injuries, such as ruptured lungs and eardrums. According to data provided by scientists, whale calls have been recorded even at a distance of about 1,600 km.
Sperm whale
The sperm whale (lat. Physeter macrocephalus) is a large marine mammal capable of producing sounds up to 116 dB. In intensity, these sounds can be compared to the sounds made by a working jackhammer or a low-flying helicopter. But newborn baby sperm whales are capable of vocalizing louder than their parents - up to 162 dB. For humans, such intense sounds are very dangerous and can cause very serious injuries.
Hippopotamus
The common hippopotamus (lat. Hippopotamus amphibius) is a large mammal whose roar can only be compared to thunderclaps overhead. Their intensity is up to 110 dB. The roar of the hippopotamus is very terrifying and can be heard for several hundred kilometers around. The most interesting thing is that of all the mammals that live on land, only the hippopotamus is capable of making sounds in water, which is also a second home for it.
Cicada
Cicadas (lat. Cicadidae) are insects whose “singing” plunges many residents of the East Coast of the United States into real shock. During the mating season, male cicadas produce sounds that reach a volume of 100-120 dB - this is comparable to the sound of a train arriving in the subway. And such singing concerts last about 4-6 weeks.
Water bug
The water bug (lat. Micronecta scholtzi) is an aquatic insect from the family of paddlefish (lat. Corixidae). These bugs produce sounds with an intensity exceeding 99-99.2 dB, which is comparable to the noise of a passing freight train. But, despite such high performance, we cannot hear them, since 99% of the sound volume is lost when moving from one medium to another (air/water).
Toadfish
Toadfish (lat. Opsanus tau) is an inhabitant of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. It prefers muddy or sandy bottoms and hides there, burying itself up to its eyes. So that no one disturbs the toad fish from lying quietly in its area, it has to make special scaring sounds with an intensity of up to 100 dB. This sound is similar to a grunt, beep or grinding, it all depends on how persistent the competitor is.
Koala
Koala (lat. Phascolarctos cinereus) - when you look at this cute animal, you can never imagine that it is capable of making such loud, rather unpleasant, roar-like sounds that resemble the roar of bison. In the course of the research, scientists found that koalas thus mislead potential predators by telling them about their “incredible” size.
Elephants
Elephants (lat. Elephantidae) are the largest land animal and one of the loudest. The trumpet sounds made by elephants (from 8 to 90 dB) are carried over a distance of more than 30 km in radius. The intensity of the sounds produced directly depends on the size of the animal, its mood, physical condition and, of course, on the type of information communicated to its relatives, and possibly enemies.
Red or chestnut howler
Red or ginger howler (lat. Alouatta seniculus) - the name of the monkey speaks for itself. These primates can scream with such force that their loud roar can be heard over a distance of up to 4 km. Usually the ringleader of the morning “singing” is the leader, and after him the rest of the group members begin to shout. The volume of the sound produced by the howler is up to 90 dB.
African lion
The African lion (lat. Panthera leo krugeri) is a predator whose roar can scare anyone on the African savannah. As befits the king of beasts, with his loud growl he communicates his physical superiority, or attracts potential partners. Its menacing roar carries over a distance of up to 8 km and is equal to 87 dB.
Peacock
Peacock (lat. Pavo cristatus) is a large bird that lives in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This is a very beautiful bird, but the sounds it makes are shocking. Her heart-rending screams can be heard for several kilometers around. These birds are very pleasant to look at, but listening to them is unpleasant and even unbearable. And I would really like such a beautiful bird to also have a charming voice...
It is interesting that the volume of rustling leaves is 10 dB, but the volume of a normal conversation is 40 dB. When the sound intensity exceeds 130 dB, there is a threat to human health.
Like humans, animals create various sounds. This is how animals inform each other about danger, call on the opposite sex, and intimidate competitors in the fight for a female or territory. The sounds produced are so loud that they make it possible to transmit messages under water and on land over vast distances.
So, in 7th place, the African lion opens the list of the loudest animals. The volume of the African lion's roar can reach 87 decibels. The lion's roar is so menacing that it can be heard at a distance of 8 km. This is not surprising, because it is not for nothing that the lion is the king of beasts.
The hyena took sixth place. The hyena makes a sound in a very high range that resembles laughter. This laughter can be heard within a radius of 10 km.
In fifth place on the TOP list of the loudest animals is the bullfrog. During the mating season, the sounds made by this frog resemble the roar of a large bull, hence the name of the frog. Its peculiar croaking can be heard at a distance of 1 kilometer.
The fourth place on the list is occupied by the elephant. In elephants, the scream power reaches 80-90 decibels, and its roar can be heard over 10 km. And the vibrations created when an elephant walks spread over 30 kilometers.
Bronze - 3rd place in the list of the loudest animals, occupied by the howler monkey. The volume of its roar exceeds 90 decibels, and the cry of this primate can be heard at a distance of 5 km.
Second on the list is the cicada. The sounds produced by this insect reach 120 dB - this is a record among insects. The chirping of one individual can be heard at a distance of about 400 meters. If you are close to a whole choir of cicadas, you can lose your hearing.
Topping the list of the loudest animals is the blue whale. The volume of sounds produced by blue whales is on average 189 decibels, which allows them to communicate at a distance of 33 km. However, this is not the limit - scientists have recorded the sound signals of a blue whale at a distance of 200 km.
A comparison can be made of the sound intensity of a rocket taking off. This is the loudest sound created by man - 170 decibels.
However, based on the size of the animal, the loudest creature on Earth is the bollard insect. It lives in water bodies of Europe. Its size ranges from 1.5 to 15 mm, but the volume of the sounds it produces is 99.2 dB. Paddlers make such loud sounds during the mating period. An interesting fact is that they create this sound with the help of their genitals by moving them along the abdomen.
In nature, a person cannot hear the sound made by rowers, because... 99% of volume is lost in water.
An interesting thing is that the volume of rustling leaves is 10 dB, and the volume of a normal conversation is 40 dB. When sound intensity exceeds 130 decibels, there is a threat to human health.
Every living creature needs a voice. He is needed not only for everyday communication, but also to warn his relatives about danger, to demonstrate his power, limitless power and fearlessness, to intimidate other animals. In addition, the voice often helps to attract one's partner during mating periods in animals. Some bird species use their voice to stun their prey. The louder an animal's voice is, the more likely it is to be heard. Today's article will focus on the animals with the loudest voices.
10 Loudest Animals on the Planet
Blue whale
The owner of the loudest voice is the blue whale. The sounds produced by this giant mammal have the highest intensity - 188 decibels. The voice of a blue whale can be heard at a distance of 800 kilometers. If a person is close to a whale at the moment when it calls, it may rupture its lungs and eardrums. That's how loud the whale sounds are.
Sperm whale
The sounds of a sperm whale are as powerful in intensity as the sounds made by a low-flying helicopter. Interestingly, baby sperm whales scream even louder than adults. While adult sperm whales scream with an intensity of up to 116 decibels, calves scream with an intensity of up to 162 decibels. Such sounds are very dangerous for human health, as they can cause serious injury or severe shock.
Hippopotamus
The merciless hippopotamus ended up in third place in the ranking. Its roar can be compared to strong peals of thunder in the sky. At times the roar of the hippopotamus reaches 110 decibels. The sounds made by a hippopotamus can be heard for several hundred kilometers. In addition, the roar of a hippopotamus also sounds very intimidating. Hippos are the only mammals that can make sounds even while underwater, where they spend most of their time.
Cicada
The singing of males can reach up to 100 decibels. The sound can be compared to an incredibly noisy orchestra playing up close. Females do not make sounds as loud as males, but their singing is also quite loud. Males make such loud sounds during the mating season.
Water bugs
It's incredible, but such small creatures are capable of producing sounds reaching up to 99 decibels. Despite such a high volume, a person is not able to hear these sounds, since the bugs “sing” deep underwater. During the transition of sounds from one environment to another, 99% of the volume disappears. The remaining 1% people are unable to hear.
Toadfish
The next aquatic creature that amazes with its roar is the toad fish. She is capable of producing sounds reaching up to 100 decibels to scare away her enemies. Her voice resembles a grumble, a grinding sound, and even a beep, and this depends on the persistence of her enemy.
Koala
Everyone knows these lovely marsupials, which are called “marsupial bears”. However, koalas are not as harmless as they seem at first glance. Their loud cries are more reminiscent of the roar of an entire herd of bison. Zoologists, for a long time Those who studied koalas came to the conclusion that such a voice helps animals mislead their enemies, since they, having heard such a roar, believe that a terrible beast is hiding in the bushes, and not a cute koala.
Elephant
It also turned out to be one of the loudest. The sounds of an elephant can be heard for several tens of kilometers. The intensity of sounds depends on the size of the elephant, on its physical fitness and on how much important information he wants to inform his relatives.
Howler monkey
Just by the name alone you can understand that the monkey has a loud voice. The special structure of the vocal apparatus allows the primate to shout to its enemies or relatives within a radius of several kilometers. Howler monkeys even have a special ritual: in the morning the leader begins to “sing a song,” after which his “song” is picked up by the female, and as a result, all this develops into a collective “singing.” Interesting fact that each “choir” has its own part.
Indian peacock
The only bird on the list is the Indian peacock. Everyone knows peacocks, how incredible beautiful birds, however, few people know that they are also very noisy creatures. The peacock is capable of making heart-rending sounds that can be heard for several kilometers. Such strong sounds hurt the ears and at times even irritate. The birds themselves are very beautiful, but their voice is completely unpleasant.