Did you know? The blue whale is the loudest animal in the world.

Did you know? The blue whale is the loudest animal in the world.

In addition to being the largest animal in the world, the blue whale is also the animal that can make the loudest sound in the world. It can make a sound of about 188 decibels, which is louder than a jet engine. It is loud enough to permanently damage a human's eardrums. This sound can be transmitted up to about 1,600 kilometers. Or it can be said that if a whale makes a sound near Koh Samai, it can be heard across the Gulf of Thailand to Koh Chang, which is about 600 kilometers away, according to the measurement of the distance from one point to another in a straight line.

The reason why whales make such loud sounds is because most blue whales are solitary. But they will gather when mating or migrating. Therefore, they need to use this loud sound to communicate with other friends in the vast ocean.

This is the loudest animal in the world. But if we narrow it down to land, the loudest animal would be the echolocation signal of the Greater Bulldog Bat, which can make a sound of about 140 decibels.

As for us humans, If you shout, it will be around 85 decibels, while a baby can cry and make noises of around 100 decibels.