# If You Could Hear Sounds From 2-30 Hz-What Would You Hera? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 4, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202 "2011-04-04T22:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/1 "2011-04-04T22:20:19Z")
Do any animals emit sonds of such low frequencies? Would you hear your house emitting sounds as it warmed up? How about the earth itself? Are there any interesting things going on in this frequency range? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/2 "2011-04-04T22:31:01Z")
Horny elephants communicate at about 15 Hz. I suppose if you were a bull elephant you might find this interesting. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/3 "2011-04-04T22:41:28Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Horny elephants communicate at about 15 Hz. I suppose if you were a bull elephant you might find this interesting. Same with the American Alligator. [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvBADYVb8g) [Wiki.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Alligator#Reproduction) > [@](#): > > Male alligators are also known to use infrasound during their mating behavior, as one of their routines is to engage in bellowing in infrasound while their head and tail are above the water, with their midsection very slightly submerged, making the surface of the water that is directly over their back literally “sprinkle” from their infrasound bellowing, in a so-called “water dance”. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/4 "2011-04-04T23:11:55Z")
Magma. Techtonics, too. Beached whales, maybe. Tris ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/5 "2011-04-05T01:07:06Z")
The [Bloop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop). ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/6 "2011-04-05T01:19:06Z")
The 64’ pipe in the organ at the [Atlantic City Auditorium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boardwalk_Hall_Auditorium_Organ), which puts out a note (if you can call it a “note”) of just EIGHT Hz. It’s supposed to feel like a helicopter hovering over the building. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/7 "2011-04-05T01:28:51Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > The [Bloop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop). Beat Me. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/8 "2011-04-05T02:05:37Z")
What Would You Hera? Zeus. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAlecCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SmartAlecCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlecCat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/9 "2011-04-05T02:09:52Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > Magma. Techtonics, too. Magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system on a submarine? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-hear-sounds-from-2-30-hz-what-would-you-hera/577202/10 "2011-04-05T14:03:41Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > Beat Me. Wrong forum. 😃