# The croak of a duck doesn't make echo... is it true? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 24, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983 "2003-11-24T10:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/1 "2003-11-24T10:09:27Z")
I heard some time ago that the croak of a duck doesn’t produce any echo. Is this verified? And if it is, can someone explain why? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/2 "2003-11-24T10:15:15Z")
[quack](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/3 "2003-11-24T10:16:41Z")
Wanna know why we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/4 "2003-11-24T10:23:21Z")
Actually it is the quack of a frog that doesn’t echo. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/5 "2003-11-24T10:29:54Z")
If the duck croaked, then no echo. No sound at all in fact. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/6 "2003-11-24T10:40:18Z")
Actually it is frog quacks who don’t do echos. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/7 "2003-11-24T10:44:26Z")
Is there an echo in here? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/8 "2003-11-24T10:44:59Z")
Did you know that if a frog ducks, it quacks up? Up… up… up… up… ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/9 "2003-11-24T11:12:53Z")
Is there an echo in here? 😉 [size=1]In case it wasn’t clear, I did modify your post deliberately[/size=1] ---
**Author:** ![swansont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@swansont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swansont)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/10 "2003-11-24T12:46:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > \*\*If the duck croaked, then no echo. > > No sound at all in fact. \*\* Particularly if it were hit by a tree falling in the forest, and nobody was around. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/11 "2003-11-24T12:51:52Z")
Ya know, I kind of think we should put a sticky up in GQ about the duck’s quack. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/12 "2003-11-24T12:55:38Z")
A duck’s burp’ll rhyme with purple. ---
**Author:** ![Sergio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sergio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sergio)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/13 "2003-11-24T12:58:22Z")
This has been treated by Cecil. see [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5\_071.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/14 "2003-11-24T13:10:10Z")
Also: Elephants are categorically NOT the only animals that cannot jump. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/15 "2003-11-24T13:53:24Z")
I guess the real question here is … where did the other dollar go?? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-croak-of-a-duck-doesnt-make-echo-is-it-true/214983/16 "2003-11-24T14:02:53Z")
Since this has been treated by Cecil, and the answer is that a duck’s quack does indeed echo. I’ll close this. Feel free to open a thread in Comments on Cecil’s Columns. **DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator