i believe it’s 6 dB is 2x the sound pressure?
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Khrux@ttrpg.network 1 year agoFun fact, sperm whales can generate a sonar click at 230dB. Decibels are a logarithmic scale so increasing by only a few dB is basically double the volume.
A sperm whale may swim past you, think you’re interesting and give a little click to scan you, and basically stun or kill you instantly.
force@lemmy.world 1 year ago
mcmoor@bookwormstory.social 1 year ago
Is there any example? I’ve never heard an organism (fish?) killed by whale sound wave like this
Khrux@ttrpg.network 1 year ago
Agent_Engelbert@linux.community 1 year ago
Wow. For real ???
You learn something new everyday.
But yeah, I never saw divers getting stunned/ killed even when diving near whales.
It could be that it never happened, but that’s like such a high variance to have never happened.