What animal has the loudest cry?

But the loudest is the sperm whale. It makes a series of clicking noises that can reach as high as 230 db making it the loudest animal in the world. The click lasts for only 15 to 30 milliseconds and can stay audible to a sperm whale as much as 10 miles away.
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What animal cries loudly?

The sperm whale is technically the loudest animal in the world, but the answer is up for debate because how we perceive loudness is subjective. Do you measure the loudest animal by the decibels they register or by the impact of the sound itself? The dispute comes down to two animals: the blue whale and the sperm whale.
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What is the loudest noise on earth?

The loudest sound in recorded history came from the volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island Krakatoa at 10.02 a.m. on August 27, 1883. The explosion caused two thirds of the island to collapse and formed tsunami waves as high as 46 m (151 ft) rocking ships as far away as South Africa.
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What is louder than an elephant?

Blue whale

Their sirens can reach 188dB, louder than jet engine or grenade explosion. Sound carries further underwater, so the whales can be heard over 800km away. Blue whales are the largest living creatures on Earth, reaching up to 33m and weighing up to 200t, and their tongues can be as heavy as an elephant.
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Which is louder sperm or blue whale?

While blue whales are both the loudest and the largest animals, the sperm whale is louder in terms of pure decibels. Its clicks are measured at an incredible 230 decibels.
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How loud can a human yell?

Human screams can be quite loud, possibly exceeding 100 dB (as of March 2019, the world record is 129 dB!) —but you probably want to avoid that because screams that loud can hurt your ears!
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What animal has the strongest sperm?

Among the largest ejaculates relative to body size belongs to the boar Sus scrofa. Lüpold said that males of this boar "seem to produce ejaculates of over 50 billion sperm, which is well over 100 times a human ejaculate." European hare males also have some of the greatest sperm numbers relative to their body size.
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What animal can beat an elephant?

Aside from humans, lions are the only predators powerful enough to kill an elephant. The males, being 50% heavier than the females, are especially suited to the task. It typically takes seven lionesses to kill an elephant, but just two males could do the same. Even a single male can overpower a young elephant.
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What is the strongest animal in the world?

Key Points: The strongest land animal in the world is the elephant. The typical Asian elephant has 100,000 muscles and tendons arranged along the length of the trunk, enabling it to lift almost 800 pounds.
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What's the loudest land animal?

But as it's also the largest animal, that's only 0.0012dB per kilo of body mass. The loudest land animal is the howler monkey at 88dB, which emits an impressive 11dB per kilo - almost 10,000 times louder per unit mass.
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What sound is too loud for humans?

Sound is measured in decibels (dB). A whisper is about 30 dB, normal conversation is about 60 dB, and a motorcycle engine running is about 95 dB. Noise above 70 dB over a prolonged period of time may start to damage your hearing. Loud noise above 120 dB can cause immediate harm to your ears.
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How loud is a black hole?

Hailey et al.) For the first time in history, earthlings can hear what a black hole sounds like: a low-pitched groaning, as if a very creaky heavy door was being opened again and again.
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What is the loudest sound that can be heard without pain?

β=10log10(1.86×10−1210−12)=2.69≈2.7 dB. Q. The faintest sound that can be heard has a pressure amplitude of about 4×10−5 N/m2 and the loudest that can be heard without pain has a pressure amplitude of about 2.8 N/m2.
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What animal hurts cry like humans?

For elephant calves and human infants, crying is probably more out of stress than sorrow, he told 'Discovery News'. He pointed out that scientific studies have proven that chicken, mice and rats display empathy - feeling another's pain - which is an even more complex phenomenon.
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What is the only animal that cries?

Animals simply don't cry. Or at least, they don't shed emotional tears. The only creatures who have evolved to do so, it turns out, are humans.
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What animal sounds like a cat cry?

Catbirds are the main culprit of making cat sounds, but owls are another possibility! Great horned owls make a meowing sound that can be described as cat-like. Here is a video with some of the distinctive sounds of a Great horned owl. Some birders have also reported that they have heard starlings making cat sounds.
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What is the hardest animal to defeat?

If a cataclysm wipes out most of life on the planet — including humans — it's likely that tardigrades will survive. These oddly cute microscopic animals are among the toughest creatures on Earth. Some can withstand the shock of boiling water and temperatures that near absolute zero.
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What animal can hit the hardest?

Mantis shrimp pack the strongest punch of any creature in the animal kingdom. Their club-like appendages accelerate faster than a bullet out of a gun and just one strike can knock the arm off a crab or break through a snail shell. These small but mighty crustaceans have been known to take on octopus and win.
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What's the hardest animal to fight?

An elephant would undoubtedly beat any other land animal in a fight. Even regular-sized female elephants have been known to effortlessly kill rhinos and hippos, which would be the next strongest in the world. Young male elephants also often kill rhinos and buffalo to test their emerging strength and new tusks, for fun.
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What kills lions?

See below the list of animals that kill lions:
  • Hyenas.
  • Buffaloes.
  • Crocodiles.
  • Leopard.
  • Hippopotamus.
  • Rhinoceros.
  • Giraffe.
  • Elephants.
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What animal can beat a grizzly bear?

In the battle of the grizzly bear vs tiger, a Siberian tiger would win a fight against a grizzly bear. The Siberian tiger is an ambush predator, and it's the only big cat that comes close to the grizzly bear in terms of size and power. Size isn't everything, though.
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What eats a lion?

No predators hunt lions to eat them; however, they do have a few natural enemies, such as hyenas and cheetahs. Hyenas compete with lions for food and often try to steal their kills.
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What gender sperm is faster?

The Y chromosome, which makes boys, contains less DNA than the X chromosome for girls. That means sperm that bear a Y chromosome swim faster in viscous liquids.
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Can human sperm impregnate any animal?

Impregnation is actually the fertilization process in which sperm and ovum fuse to produce a zygote. Naturally, a human cannot impregnate a pig as there are many reproduction barriers between them.
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Can human sperm pregnant any animal?

Probably not. Ethical considerations preclude definitive research on the subject, but it's safe to say that human DNA has become so different from that of other animals that interbreeding would likely be impossible.
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