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Duck's Quacks Really Do Echo

Posted by Hemos on from the what-about-nintendo's-duck-hunt dept.

troc writes "Finally that age-old myth of the duck's quack has been overturned. It has long been thought that the duck's quack did not produce an echo, so some boffins with spare time and a duck did some experiments. "

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  1. WHO thought this? by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This sounds like a load to me.

    Sound echos. All sound. A duck's quack is sound. Therefor, a duck's quack will echo. QED.

    What magical properties would cause a duck's quack not to reflect off a flat surface, or to magically cancel itself out?

    This sounds much like the "If you exceed 60 MPH, you will explode" myth that was commonplace back before trains exceeded 60 MPH - the blitherings of people who don't know what they are talking about - much like someplace else we all know of.

    Point me to one physicist who would published any public work saying "A duck's quack won't echo." Just one.

    What next - somebody trying to evaluate the efficacy of NaCl in trapping avians when applied to their aft flight surfaces?

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  2. IGnobel! by Outland+Traveller · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Someone needs to nominate these guys to the IGnobel prize team :)