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Bug With "Singing Penis" Is World's Loudest

Posted by samzenpus on from the animal-idol dept.

sciencehabit writes "The world's loudest animal relative to its size has been revealed to be a tiny bug with a big organ. The water boatman, Micronecta scholtzi, rattles its penis along grooves in its abdomen to produce a chattering song—that registers at 99.2 decibels—about the volume of a loud orchestra heard from the front row. Even though the water boatman does its 'singing' from the bottom of rivers to attract mates, humans walking along the riverbank can clearly hear it. The area along its abdomen that the bug uses to make the noise is only about the width of a human hair, and researchers aren't sure exactly how it produces so loud a song."

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  1. News for nerds, stuff that... gets hard. by girlintraining · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has slashdot descended so far that news for nerds is now "animal makes noise with its dick"? Really now...

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    #fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
    1. Re:News for nerds, stuff that... gets hard. by Osgeld · · Score: 3, Funny

      Isn't that the same as open source news?

  2. So the bugs are doing 2 Live Crew? by Chas · · Score: 3, Funny

    {Son} Dad? What're those bugs singing for?
    {Dad} They're rap fans.
    {Son} Huh?
    {Dad} 2 Live Crew fans actually.
    {Son} 2 Live WHO? Dad? What're the damn bugs singin' about?
    {Dad} Their song is the bug version of "We Want Some Pussy"
    {Son} Oh.

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    Chas - The one, the only.
    THANK GOD!!!
  3. Re:Queue the puns. by zill · · Score: 4, Funny

    Queue the puns

    Puns don't need to be in FIFO order.

  4. Re:Amazing by Bieeanda · · Score: 3, Funny

    "You didn't think I asked for a twelve inch pianist, did you?"