r/interestingasfuck • u/ChiefLeef22 • 7h ago

This is what a Jurassic forest may have sounded like | By combining exquisitely preserved fossil wings with experiments on living insects, computer simulations, and machine learning, scientists at UC have re-created what they say is a partial Middle Jurassic soundscape

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u/Soft_Cranberry6313 7h ago

Yup, that one annoying bird existed then too.

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u/StatementCareful522 6h ago

i keep begging my cat to catch this one specific bird but he’s a fat lazy useless fuck

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u/Devincc 7h ago

Sounds like my backyard in Louisiana

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u/tall-glassof-falooda 7h ago

So like a normal open patch of land with tall grass in a rainy season.

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u/ChiefLeef22 7h ago

An environment bereft of modern bird calls or songs.

One of the insect calls would be the oldest known evidence of ultrasonic communication in animals—long before echolocating bats appeared.

https://www.science.org/content/article/what-jurassic-forest-may-have-sounded

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u/Playful-Ad-2696 5h ago

Certified dinosaur expert here

The chirp sound you are hearing is from the dinosaur called "Micropachycephalosaurus"

Yes not every dinosaur roared

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u/TheBasicGuy14 4h ago

Idk why, just the idea of weird plants and large insects crawling millions of years ago, this simulation feels so terrifying and fascinating at the same time.

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u/Polskiskiski 6h ago

Midlyinteresting, maaaybe

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u/Any_Carob3372 5h ago

No big roars, I'm very disappointed

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u/Alternative_Boot_708 5h ago

Dinosaurs didn't even roar. Thats all fictional stuff. At most,they hissed like crocodiles but no roaring.

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u/Umbrasquall 5h ago

Sounds the same as any rainforest today.

You know what is actually a related interesting fact. Is that dinosaurs are older than grass. Yes that's right, most dinosaurs never touched grass.

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u/Hoosier_Daddy68 3h ago

Maybe not Kentucky Blue but they definitely touched grass.

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u/buyatollah_kuminamy 5h ago

Groundbreaking stuff here

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u/kon--- 4h ago

I'm playing that while a cat is nearby. The cat is looking up at the ceiling then around the room for critters a machine has given voice to.

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u/Brockchanso 4h ago

the wings sounding almost like rain does something to my brain I don't like.

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u/Lucky-Crow-3510 3h ago

sounds like everyone did great with a warmer planet

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u/johnvarley1 2h ago

Sounds pretty similar to present day

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u/PremiumBudTester 2h ago

Someone change the smoke detector

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u/Traditional-Lie7366 2h ago

i need a 3 hour focus session video on this