The story of the boatman's singing penis - It sang loudly and often!

[astro]

Singing penis wins insect the loudest animal title

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A tiny water boatman is the loudest animal on Earth relative to its body size, a study has revealed.

Scientists from France and Scotland recorded the aquatic animal “singing” at up to 99.2 decibels, the equivalent of listening to a loud orchestra play while sitting in the front row.

The insect makes the sound by rubbing its penis against its abdomen in a process known as “stridulation”.

[picker]

That boatman’s stridulating like a motherfucker!

[madsircool]

Why are all their songs 30 seconds long?

[panache45]

If my math is correct, if that little bug were a 6-foot man, his penis would sing at 90,708.48 decibels.

(The loudest known single event in human history was the 1908 Tunguska Meteor, at 300-315 decibels.)

[Sunspace]

And I thought this was going to be about a previously-unknown pre-war Disney short.

[astorian]

I was picturing a Venetian gondolier.
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“LA DONNA E MOBILE…”**

[Sunspace]

@astorian

I was picturing a Venetian gondolier.

So was I.

[BigT]

So glad I only have to deal with the occasional cricket that gets in the house.