The loudest animals in the world
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Sperm whale · Pistol shrimp · Blue whale. (Updated Sep 23, 2024.)
The sperm whale's clicks, louder than a jet, the pistol shrimp's claw shockwave, the blue whale's song heard hundreds of kilometres away, the howler monkey filling the jungle: the animals that make the loudest sounds. Decibel figures vary between sources depending on how they are measured. Which would you like to hear?
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Top 15
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1
Sperm whale
Clicks of more than 230 decibels: the loudest animal.
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2
Pistol shrimp
It snaps its claw shut to create an instant shockwave.
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3
Blue whale
Its long songs travel enormous distances.
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4
Greater bulldog bat
It hunts with ultrasound humans can barely hear.
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5
Howler monkey
The loudest land animal in the Americas.
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6
Kakapo
New Zealand's flightless parrot, with its booming mating call.
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7
Moluccan cockatoo
One of the loudest birds.
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8
Northern elephant seal
The males' thunderous roars.
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9
Danionella cerebrum
An enormous sound from a fish barely 1 cm long.
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10
African cicada
Among the loudest insects.
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11
North American bullfrog
The deep call of North American ponds.
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12
Elephant
It communicates with distant herds by sound.
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13
Lion
Its roar can be heard kilometres away.
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14
Wolf
The howl that calls the pack.
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15
Water boatman Micronecta scholtzi
The loudest animal relative to its size.
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