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CRACKER BUTTERFLIES CREATE
CRACKLING NOISES BY
CLAPPING THEIR WINGS
TOGETHER.
ONE-THIRDOF THE
SOUNDMADE BY A
75-PIECE ORCHESTRA
COMES FROM THE
BASS DRUM.
THEAMERICAN GOLDFINCH
SOMETIMESSOUNDSASIF
IT’SSAYING“POTATO CHIP”
WHENITWARBLES.
CERTAIN PLANTS MAY GROW FASTER
IF MUSIC IS PLAYED FOR THEM.
Thesound
ofocean
waves
crashingcomes
mostly frombubbles.
Aspermwhaleproduces
vocalizationsthrough itsnose
ratherthanitsmouth.
KIDS CAN HEAR SOME HIGH-PITCHED
NOISES THAT ADULTS CAN’T.
Diplodocus had a
20-foot-long
tail that created a
booming noise
when the
dinosaur
snapped it.
IN SOUTH KOREA, PEOPLE
IMITATE A DOG’S BARK BY
SAYING “MEONG, MEONG”
INSTEAD OF “WOOF, WOOF.”
An inventor has formulateda
coating for submarinesthat allows
them to avoid sonar detection.
The sound of your laugh changes
depending on whether you’re
chuckling with pals or strangers.
IN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CULTURE,
THE SOUND OF BELLS IS THOUGHT
TO WARD OFF UNKIND SPIRITS.
In 2015 a
choir released
a song that
lasted for
3 hours,
1 minute, and
50 seconds.
The
longest
echo,
recorded
in an
empty oil
storage
tank in
Scotland,
lasted
for 75
seconds.
The human ear
has 25 ,000 nerve
cells that help
with hearing.
3
S
B O LT.
THUNDER,
WHICH IS
CAUSED BY
LIGHTNING,
CAN SOUND
DIFFERENT
DEPENDING
ON THE
SHAPE OF THE
LIGHTNING
B O LT.