# Can fetuses make audible sounds from inside the womb?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 30, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fetuses-make-audible-sounds-from-inside-the-womb/667548 "2013-08-30T00:37:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fetuses-make-audible-sounds-from-inside-the-womb/667548/21 "2013-09-04T16:05:53Z")

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> [@Trinopus](#):
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> Er…why? We can see light, but that doesn’t mean we emit light. Some things work in only one direction.

Supposedly, many people think their eyes emit rays of light when they see something. These people should probably go back to the womb and start over.

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