2006-06-27 03:17:35 · 13 answers · asked by mrknositall 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It's an urban myth...
2006-06-27 03:20:51 · answer #1 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mythbusters tested this one out: "Episode 8: Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder
In this episode, Jamie and Adam retrace the steps of the infamous prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz without a trace in 1962. Although all were presumed drowned, our mythbusters are determined to find out if it's possible to survive the tides of the San Francisco Bay in a homemade raft. On a less precarious, but still hilarious note, they'll attempt to answer the age-old question: Does a duck's quack echo? And then there's the simply unhinged notion that a stud finder can prove whether or not human beings have been guinea pigs in mind control experiments. Yes, really."
2006-06-27 10:28:25 · answer #2 · answered by blink182fan117 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a ducks quack will echo, but you can not seem to hear the echo because the echo sound sound blends in with the original quack
2006-06-27 10:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by grenadegavin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quack IS the echo
2006-06-27 10:41:38 · answer #4 · answered by Darthritus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but no.
It is true that you won't hear the echo, but that its because its echo is cancelled out by its sound and the reverberating echoes...you would need to see this on spectrum analyser.
2006-06-27 10:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by Reality 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-27 10:28:08 · answer #6 · answered by Country Boy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Urban myth.
2006-06-27 10:47:19 · answer #7 · answered by Tina T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love ducks!
2006-06-27 10:20:46 · answer #8 · answered by ladyjno7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it does echo, but not as loud as most echos
2006-06-27 10:19:01 · answer #9 · answered by CRAZYDEADMOTH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it does go to this http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_world/duck/duck.htm to hear a recording to prove it
2006-06-27 10:25:24 · answer #10 · answered by Kalahari_Surfer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋