World's loudest bird has a mating call above the human pain threshold

Professor Podos said he was lucky enough to witness females join males on their perches as they sang.

"And he blasts that second note right where the female would have been, except the female knows what's coming and she's not going to sit there and accept that so she flies backwards" — by around four meters.It's not clear why the females voluntarily expose themselves to the noise close enough for it to reach 113 decibels — above the human pain threshold and equivalent to a loud rock concert or a turbo-prop plane 60 meters away achieving lift-off power.

Scientists are not sure how successful the call proves to be, as they did not observe the birds ever mating.The pair used high-quality sound recorders and high-speed video to slow the action enough to study how the bird uses its anatomy to achieve such levels of noise — louder than much larger howler monkeys or bison, but not likely as loud as lions, elephants or whales.

Me when I bump my small toe

Ha, been a roadie and metal worker. I have several frequencies I can't hear to well. Would this bird kill off another frequency?😊

I listened to the recording, my lord it is so incredibly loud, the sound must have to travel long distances. Love it.

This does not say much about our society.

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No louder than a melting feminist.

I knew a girl like that once. 😂😂😂

Screaming piha. Lol

My Mrs?

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Worse. It lives in the tree outside my bedroom.

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