Don't move this please.
No matter how or where you station it, naturally, a duck's quack does not make an echo. :)
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I already know the answer, but do you? Discuss.
Don't move this please.
No matter how or where you station it, naturally, a duck's quack does not make an echo. :)
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True
False
I already know the answer, but do you? Discuss.
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well, it wouldn't make an echo in space, so I guess if this is a binary choice, I'm going to have to go with true.
I think this was tested on Mythbusters and they proved it true - a duck's quack just doesn't echo. I can't remember if scientists isolated exactly why, though I'd assume it has to do with the nature of the sound waves of their quacks.
Well if it's stationed next to a microphone which is attached to a speaker with a slight delay in playback, then it's almost an echo
But on a more nonidiotic note, i think that even if you cant hear a ducks echo, it is still there
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
It's false. Nearly any sound wave of sufficient volume will echo against a solid surface.
There is no signature here. Move along.
They have equipment that would be able to detect an echo in frequencies above and bellow that of the human ear.Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
As far as I remember, it does not echo.
Why wouldn't a duck's quack echo? There's no reason that it wouldn't reflect off of a surface, since it's a regular sound wave just like any other. The quack has a decaying waveform, which makes it hard to discern where the quack ends and the echo begins.
The only way that the duck could avoid generating an audible echo is if it chose to stand exactly on a node of the sound wave with respect to the reflection source, thereby creating a standing wave.
<a href="http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.asp">Snopes thinks a quack echoes.</a>
<a href="http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/acoustics_info/duck/">So does the University of Salford.</a>
EDIT: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_%28season_1%29#Does_a_Duck.27s_Quack_Echo.3F">So do Mythbusters</a>
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Anyway. It's true. Ducks' quacks don't echo. What is my basis for saying this? Everyone else said it.
of course it echoes.
however, I am amused at thinking about how someone would go about testing this. It's like that Far Side cartoon where the guy realizes he is the only person who didn't bring his duck.
Ah, I must've misremembered that episode.
of course they dont echo! they are magical! if you cant hear their magical quack the first time, then you are not deserving of an echo. they shall smite you with thier awesome cuteness <3
Oh gods, why? ಥ_ಥ
Magical? No wonder they taste so good!
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
ewwwwwwwwwww no thats inhumane!
Oh gods, why? ಥ_ಥ
It's true. Duck quacks don't echo.
Last edited by Quindiana Jones; 11-04-2007 at 04:04 PM.
I heard that it doesnt, but a quack itself sounds like echo to me.
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