Article 6JY37 One of world’s smallest fish found to make sounds that exceed 140 decibels – video

One of world’s smallest fish found to make sounds that exceed 140 decibels – video

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One of the world's smallest fish, measuring about the width of an adult human fingernail, can make a sound as loud as a gunshot, scientists have found. The male Danionella cerebrum, a fish of about 12mm found in the streams of Myanmar, produces sounds that exceed 140 decibels, according to a study published in the PNAS journal, equivalent to an ambulance siren or a pneumatic drill

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