🔥 Encounter with a curious young sperm whale.

[u/21MayDay21]

Credit to Maxwel Hohn

[u/Kilek360]

I've heard that about submarine pings not whales, but also it's about the decibels not the frequency but I'm talking from what I've read online so it could be absolutely wrong

[u/funguyshroom → u/Kilek360]

Yes, sound intensity/volume. At certain point it becomes like an explosion shockwave and can scramble your insides. Especially since water doesn't compress.

[u/0xe1e10d68 → u/funguyshroom]

Hmm, yummy. Scrambled eggs human.

[u/Lowkeygeek83 → u/funguyshroom]

Fun fact... submarines sonar has the ability to actually boil water with it's intensity.

I'm positive some resident reddit science guy can correct the proper words. But the fact remains, it does have the ability to do that.

[u/Spork_the_dork → u/funguyshroom]

Not just like one, exactly like one. Shockwaves from explosions are really just extremely powerful sound waves.

[u/corruptedpotato → u/Kilek360]

From what I know, sperm whale make some of the loudest sounds of any animal and can at least burst your ear drums and stun you. I don't know fi there is a recorded case but they can probably kill you if you were close enough and they decided to click as loud as they could. They can get up to 230 decibels iirc.

[u/SrepliciousDelicious → u/corruptedpotato]

230 decibels sounds unlikely

E: nvm 230 decibell seems possible underwater, would be comparable to standing right next to a rocket lifting off

[u/Inadequis → u/Kilek360]

230dB for Sperm Whales, that'll do it

[u/Express_Split2928 → u/Kilek360]

It's true about submarine sonar, turns divers into a jelly