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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashi View Post
    I heard that it doesnt, but a quack itself sounds like echo to me.
    I can understand that, I hear them every morning!
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    Great Moments in Science - Quacks Don't Echo

    I find it strange that someone would actually want to experiment on a duck's quack...
    Here I am to save the day!

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    Scientist: "We've discovered something amazing!!!! You'll definitely want to hear this."
    Person being talked to by Scientist: "OMG! You've found a cure for cancer?? You've discovered how to travel faster than light???"
    Scientist: "Hell no! But we have discovered that quacks don't echo!"
    PbttbS: "Bugger me sideways and call me Charlie! That is amazing!"
    Scientist who actually read the article linked by Boosk: "WRONG! It's actually that the echo is such a weird echo, that is is lost in the original sound of the quack. I'm glad I wasted my time on that one."
    Scientist and PbttbS: "Daym!"

    I think that is what happened when the scientists discovered this incredibly piece of info.
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    I think they do echo, but we just can't hear it very well. It probably has something to do with the frequency and wavelengths of the quack.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hsu View Post
    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.
    I saw that one

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sagensyg View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Ashi View Post
    I heard that it doesnt, but a quack itself sounds like echo to me.
    I can understand that, I hear them every morning!
    My family has a mallard that lives between cats in their yard. I heard it quite often, too.
    Except it never made me mad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hsu View Post
    Ah, I must've misremembered that episode.
    So did I. I could've sworn they didn't bust it.

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