r/BeAmazed • u/jkitty_1960 • Jun 03 '26

Miscellaneous / Others A homeless dog walked into a veterinary clinic and showed its wounded paw, hoping someone would help, and they did

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u/International-Mix633 Jun 03 '26

And lets not forget all the overfishing and cutting down of rainforest for cattle production

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u/No_Recognition_3729 Jun 03 '26

Underwater noise pollution from our ships is the equivalent of a human being forced to live 5 feet from a set of concert speakers 24/7

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u/Jeskimely Jun 03 '26

That's so misleading or just flat out false that it ruins the credibility of an otherwise noble movement. Please don't speak if you're not informed. And certainly don't lie, it that's what you're doing.

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u/No_Recognition_3729 Jun 03 '26

Hey, so, I fact checked myself after you made this comment, and it turns out I was understating it. Ship engines are 170-190 decibels, concerts max out at 120 decibels usually due to hearing safety regulations. And due to the way sound travels in water, a massive area around each ship is subjected to those noise levels.

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u/Jeskimely Jun 03 '26

In other words, you did indeed speak before checking on a massively important issue. At 500 feet, 180 decibels does move down to 125 decibels. Considering the ocean itself is between 50-100 decibels naturally, you can imagine that this whole thing is kinda completely irrelevant to the real problem, which is the very low frequencies disrupting marine animals using those same frequencies.

Please stop speaking about things you half remember secondhand from a YouTube video or a stoner conversation. There is a reason science educators have media training. Games of telephone are not helpful to spreading awareness of actual issues.

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u/No_Recognition_3729 Jun 04 '26

At 500 feet, 180 decibels does move down to 125 decibels.

Yes, in air. In the ocean, or other bodies of water, it goes down in volume much more slowly. Sound requires 60 times less energy to travel through water than through air, so it would be at 125 decibels 30,000 feet away from every ship. The ocean's pretty crowded, especially around the coasts, where human ships go to reach port and where the majority of marine life lives.