... if you're listening from outside the water, that's another ~30 dB loss from the impedance mismatch. Now you're at 145 dB. Still ear-damage level, right? Except sperm whales communicate in clicks which last 100 microseconds. Party balloons can produce > 160 dB impulses.
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So you should be more worried about hearing damage from popping party balloons than from being outside the water next to a sperm whale. Also, howler monkeys blast out ~140 dB in air, *continuously*, which is a hell of a lot more impressive (especially per size), and dangerous.
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Remember kids, it is not okay to read a research paper and go "number big, bigger number impressive, must write article" if you don't actually understand the subject matter.
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