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A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
It's quackers!
Does this mean that if you put a duck near a canyon and make it quack, you'll only hear the original quack and not the echo off the canyon walls? Okay, where'm I going to get a duck to test out this theory? I just gotta know for myself.
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A couple of years ago Mythbusters (Discovery Channel) addressed this and put it to the test.
Seems the quack's echo resembles the original in such a way as to be almost indistinguishable when heard and recorded. They used special (read expensive) equipement to check out the wavelengths in order to bust the myth. Still, it's interesting.
Posted by: The Incurable Insomniac | October 18, 2005 06:20 PM
HA! Expensive equipment just to determine if a duck's quack echos.
Which is more ridiculous: how the person who first exposed this theory came across this finding or the people who wasted money to learn if this theory holds?
I could find a lot more to do with that time and money. I'd rather just take a duck to the grand canyon and make it quack, lol.
Posted by: Sam | October 18, 2005 06:36 PM
Check out snopes for more: http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htm
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October 18, 2005 06:42 PM
Hmmmm... I didn't get that "fact" recently. I got it a long time ago, so weird. But, man, people put a lot of work into monotonous information, lol. I mean, did you see how long that write up was on it? And, to spend a lot of money on researching it. Too funny.
Posted by: Sam | October 18, 2005 07:05 PM
did you know that only female ducks quack?
Posted by: Jeff | October 18, 2005 07:06 PM
HA, aren't we all a source of useless information.
I love it!
Posted by: Sam | October 18, 2005 07:19 PM
Two Irish ducks on a tandem, first duck goes quack, second duck says "I'm going as quack as I can"
Posted by: Stevo in Taichung | October 18, 2005 10:22 PM
You guys quack me up!
Posted by: Difster | October 18, 2005 11:22 PM
you're all just a bunch of wisequackers
Posted by: akaky | October 19, 2005 09:17 AM
Actually, the phenomenon is not unique to ducks. If a turtle or moose were to quack at the edge of a canyon, its echo would likewise be unidentifiable.
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October 20, 2005 07:17 PM
If a duck quacks in the forest and there are no... wait. Nevermind.
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October 20, 2005 09:49 PM