2006-06-14 05:34:38 · 9 answers · asked by Andrea H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
This really is true. They tested this on myth busters.
2006-06-14 05:37:53 · answer #1 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Completely false -- an urban legend according to www.snopes.com
It was tested scientifically at University of Salford in Greater Manchester in 2003 and a definite reverberation sound wave was generated, just like any other echo.
However, if you look at a duck's quack on an oscillioscope, it has a periodic, descending, decaying waveform, very similar to what you see when a sound echoes. So a duck's quack *does* echo just like any other sound, but the explanation is that the echoes get masked in the original sound making it appear that no echo returned.
By the way, on episode #8 where Mythbusters tested the duck echoing, they declared the myth busted, not the reverse.
2006-06-14 12:41:27 · answer #2 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was tested on Mythbusters and proven to be false...a ducks quack WILL echo.
2006-06-14 12:53:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it true that only the female has a distinctive quack and not the male?
2006-06-14 12:38:53 · answer #4 · answered by judy_derr38565 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not true. There is nothing special about sound of a duck that would keep it from echoing.
It has been debunked more than once.
2006-06-14 12:45:15 · answer #5 · answered by rt11guru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It had an echo on the old Aflac commercial.
2006-06-14 13:40:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a myth. You should do a little serious searching on Google.
2006-06-14 13:28:46 · answer #7 · answered by Oona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep
2006-06-14 13:10:56 · answer #8 · answered by PiNK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes .
2006-06-14 13:11:18 · answer #9 · answered by cute_manasi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋