Giant Squid Killed by Sound

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Ker Than
for National Geographic News
Published May 3, 2011

When giant squid were found dead off Spain about a decade ago, scientists suspected that powerful sound pulses from ships had harmed the animals. Now the evidence may be in.

A new study says low-frequency sounds from human activities can affect squid and other cephalopods, not just whales and other marine mammals, which have long been thought to be vulnerable to such pulses. (See "U.S. Navy Sonar May Harm Killer Whales, Expert Says.")

The finding suggests noise pollution in the ocean is having a much broader effect on marine life than previously thought, said study leader Michel André, a marine bioacoustician at Barcelona's Technical University of Catalonia.

"We know that noise pollution in the oceans has a significant impact on dolphins and whales . ... but this is the first study indicating a severe impact on invertebrates, an extended group of marine species that are not known to rely on sound for living," André said in a statement.

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/110503-giant-squid-octopus-sonar-acoustic-tests-science-whales-sound/

[damntexdem]

1. Humans, keep this up and you're toast.

- Cthulu

[dhill926]

2. looks like a scene.....

from a bad sci-fi movie.......

[Maraya1969]

3. I have a similar reaction when anyone plays the bass in music.

I seriously get anxiety when my neighbor parks his car and put the bass up loud. I am OK when the bass is not there, when the music is loud, but the base seems to go right through me into my nervous system.

I've been told I have heightened senses all over my body, including feeling pain.

I have also thought about how that music could harm children. When I see people sitting around with loud rock music playing and little kids running around I get pissed.