Yup! But I=92m guessing that the article is mistaken in that perhaps the sn=
apping shrimp (sometimes called pistol shrimp), a bit under 4 cm in length,=
and part of the Alpheidae family, is probably louder vis a vis size. Under=
water the snapping shrimp will generate an impulse signal of around 200dB r=
e 1micro Pascal, which is equivalent to firing off a .357 Magnum pistol abo=
ut 30 cm from your ear (or about 165dB in air).
Bernie
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atural_world?language=3Den
> On Feb 3, 2018, at 7:03 AM, 303 [naturerecordists] <n=
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> Thanks Bernie, is this what you=92re talking about?
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13958630 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/1395863=
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m <>> wrote:
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>> Mostly, it sounds like common species of what, in English, are called wa=
ter-boatmen (Corixidae). These can be found everywhere there is fresh water=
and decaying floral debris in vernal pools, in shallow water by ponds and =
lakeside, and even by the curb after a spring or summer rain, etc.
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>> We first encountered these signatures in late March, 1984, at Mono Lake =
just east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the Eastern border of Califo=
rnia while recording the Great Basin spadefoot toad (Spea intermontana) in =
a study for the University of California in Santa Cruz led by the late Ken =
Norris (who identified how dolphins generate and receive echolocation signa=
ls). We were recording to see if the tadpoles generated sound (they do), an=
d if the vocalizations of the adults carried in water as well as air (they =
do). At the same time, we picked up these odd scraping sounds (water-boatme=
n) but couldn=92t identify them, at first. But after filling some buckets w=
ith water and mud from the pond, and sifting through the material, we were =
left with the water-boatmen and were able to record them separately, thus f=
iguring out the source.
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>> Bernie
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>> Wild Sanctuary
>> POB 536
>> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
>> 707-327-6771
>> http://www.wildsanctuary.com <http://www..wildsanctuary.com/>
>> <>
>> SKYPE: WildSanctuary
>> FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/BernieKrauseAuthor <http://www.faceboo=
k.com/BernieKrauseAuthor>
>> TED Global talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/bernie_krause_the_voice_of_th=
e_natural_world?language=3Den <https://www.ted.com/talks/bernie_krause_the_=
voice_of_the_natural_world?language=3Den>
>>
>>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 1:20 AM, <calandrella=
> [naturerecordists] < <mailto:=
>> wrote:
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>>> Below the links to soundcloud for two of my underwater recordings from =
Italy.
>>> Sounds are similar to that of your recording, but surely emitted by dif=
ferent species of small aquatic insects.
>>>
>>> Marco
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>>> https://soundcloud.com/marco- pesente/corixa-punctata-sound <https://so=
undcloud..com/marco-pesente/corixa-punctata-sound>
>>> https://soundcloud.com/marco- pesente/micronecta-sp-lesser- water <http=
s://soundcloud.com/marco-pesente/micronecta-sp-lesser-water>
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