2007-09-26 09:55:12 · 4 answers · asked by Tim 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
If you mean animal noises, howler monkeys seem to be up there.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060927-monkey-video.html
Blue whale, if you include the oceans, at 188 db:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/bluewhale/Loudest.shtml
Lions roar is only 114 - 115 db:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/1997/3/lionsroar.cfm
African cicada seems to register in at 106.7 db:
http://ufbir.ifas.ufl.edu/chap24.htm
2007-09-26 10:05:04 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thunder is the loudest repeating sound in nature. Krakatoa was the loudest single sound in nature.
2007-09-26 17:04:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Neither.
There are species of bird and primates (gibbons, siamangs, howlers) that take the cake on that one.
That is not to say lions are not loud, but they are not close to winning any prize.
2007-09-26 21:58:11 · answer #3 · answered by The Cheshire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both wrong! i think its the whale roar,it is close to the sounds of two engines of jet plane
2007-09-27 05:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by ultramyk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋