Timeline for Can birds scream as loud as a jet engine?
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| Apr 25, 2013 at 0:59 | vote | accept | GManNickG | ||
| Sep 13, 2012 at 22:04 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 21, 2012 at 11:26 | comment | added | maple_shaft | As an owner of a Mollucan Cockatoo, I can attest to how ridiculously loud these birds can be. They do get in random screaming fits from time to time and if I am in the same room when it happens then my ears will ring for minutes afterwards. | |
| S Aug 19, 2012 at 22:51 | history | suggested | Chris Dennett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 19, 2012 at 22:38 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 19, 2012 at 18:27 | answer | added | Rex Kerr | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 17, 2012 at 12:39 | comment | added | Chad | @GManNickG - Yes I think that makes it a better question and considered deleting that part myself but I dislike redacting OP content unless it is really necessary. | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 21:53 | comment | added | GManNickG | @Chad: Thanks. I've edited the question once more, is this okay? | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 21:53 | history | edited | GManNickG | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 16, 2012 at 21:43 | comment | added | Sklivvz | I read the claim as equal dB at equal distance. | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 21:19 | history | reopened | Sklivvz | ||
| Aug 16, 2012 at 16:40 | comment | added | Chad | The claim is equal decibels.... I added more claims of the same to support it. The original claim is that the bird sounds as loud as a jet and that you should live no closer than 200 feet from someone if you want to have one. Not that they are the same from 100 or 200 feet. You are closing over comments but the question is fine. | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 16:38 | history | edited | Chad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 15, 2012 at 21:43 | history | closed |
Oddthinking♦ Sklivvz |
not a real question | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 20:54 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSkeptic/status/235842000954458112 | ||
| Aug 15, 2012 at 15:47 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 15, 2012 at 15:15 | comment | added | GManNickG | @Oddthinking: A simple search on your favorite engine of the phrase suggested in the question will turn up this claim repeated over and over. If it's not notable then I would hope the question gets closed. And of course, a jet engine 200 feet away is still "loud as a jet engine" in meaning, to me. If you don't find it notable, please vote to close the question. And stop asking me to answer my own question. If I could make the claim meaningful and correct, I'd already have the data I'm asking for. I'm asking if there exists better data to give meaning to the claim or if there doesn't. | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 15:11 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | I'm sorry, I will try to clarify. You ask "are birds as loud as jet engines?". For that to be a valid question here, we need notability - someone making the claim. You haven't provided any examples of people making the claim. The only cites you provide suggest the direct opposite. Now the question is being changed to "What if the bird is next to your ear/sensor, but the jet is, say, 100ft away? Nope? Okay, how about 200 ft away?" Eventually, the answer will be yes, but that proves nothing, and lacks notability. | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 14:45 | comment | added | GManNickG | @Oddthinking: I'm not sure what you're looking for, the question itself is asking for data on the loudness measures for birds. If I could give you meaningful answers on the validity of the phrase, I wouldn't be asking the question. | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 13:57 | comment | added | Chad | The difference is in an apartment you are unlikely to have a jet engine running closer than 200 ft. The cockatoo can scream all day long and be right next door... And the jet is a nice low whine or rumble... the cockatoo scream is a piercing screech! So I can see this comparison. | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 10:26 | comment | added | Nick | I can well believe that a bird next to your ear is louder than a jet engine 200 feet away. How loud is a jet engine if you are right next to it? | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 7:14 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | Wait, where do you stop? I can speak louder than a jet engine if it is far enough away. What justifies 200ft as the right amount? | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 6:56 | comment | added | GManNickG | @Oddthinking: Just double the distance from the jet engine (reduces dB by ~6) and you're in the supposed decibel range of the bird, according to the claim. | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 6:25 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | The links you provide don't seem to support the claim in the title: 140dB jet (at 100ft) is much louder than a 135dB cockatoo. | |
| Aug 15, 2012 at 2:19 | history | asked | GManNickG | CC BY-SA 3.0 |