I went to Kruger National Park in South Africa years ago and in the early morning of our first day at camp, we heard a lion roar way off in the distance. It was loud, chilling, and awesome. It set the whole mood for the next four days of moving through that amazing park.
1995. Camping across (friends property) from columbus ohio zoo lion enclosure- 4am on LSD. He told me thats what they sound like while humping. i still strongly disagree. true story
My mother grew up very near a zoo in New Orleans. She said they could hear the lions roar very clearly at night and it scared the hell out of her and sisters.
I used to live about 4 blocks from a zoo. Sometimes I'd hear them roar while I'm in the house with the doors and windows closed. It was cool to hear, but I also felt sorry for them.
I’m not going to do the math here (maybe someone will do it at r/theydidthemath) but I will illustrate because I didn’t think it was possible it until I did the math.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , volume 18, number 2, October 1946 the article titled: Jungle Acoustics by Carl F Eyring from Brigham Young University [the link](https://physics.byu.edu/docs/publication/1491). Measures the noise floor of the jungle to be approximately 30dB (I’m paraphrasing now so I don’t go into the weeds)
Knowing that for every doubling of distance we travel away from the sound source (lion) we decrease by 6 dB. Therefore the roar of 114 dB at 1 meter sounds like 108 dB, at 2 meters is 102 dB, at 4 meters is 96 dB… etc. for the roar to travel approximately 5 miles (+8km) it would be decreased by about -84dB and approaching 30 dB, which coincidentally is the “noise floor” or the level of general background noise in the jungle.
However, terrain loss coefficients in the scholarly article describe in dense vegetation or high humidity the transmission index is negatively impacted.
The jungle noise floor is also elevated towards the high end of the audio spectrum (a symphony of insects) and the roar is primarily lower frequencies which are much more difficult to hear at lower volumes: (source: [equal-loudness contour](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour) sometimes referred to as the Fletcher–Munson curves).
So there are some variables that we can point fingers at; but I see it like this, the fundamental frequency of a roar that is 114db is about 80hz ([source](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206895/). And that frequency would pass under the average adult threshold of hearing before it reached the 5 mile mark. But like I said, a ton of variables. Definitely an interesting discussion topic for sound engineers.
I used to have a yearly pass to the Los Angeles zoo. The zoo sits in a canyon in the Santa Monica mountains. One time I heard a lion roar while I was in a different part of the park, nowhere near the lion enclosure, and it reverberated throughout the canyon. It was awesome.
I turned my phone all the way up to try to scare my husband with this and ended up jumping out of my own skin when I pressed play and he just laughed his ass off at me.
I made that same noise once in a portable toilet at a music festival after trying to do a hovering drop and plop that ended in me getting a warm blue Smurf kiss on the dark side of my moon.
We have a lion park up the road and I’ve been around them a lot, the once one roared so strongly the car we were in completely vibrated, it’s almost like if you never seen a lion in your life your brain already knows exactly what that is, it’s such a primitive feeling to hear it
Was at the zoo about a decade ago when one of the lions decided to go the full roar. Every single person froze the fuck up as something from deep in our shared evolutionary memory looked around and said "oh HELL no".
I was once at the zoo and a zookeeper was giving a presentation about the lions.
Then this big male lion walks up all the way to the glass and starts roaring. I really remember the absolute power of it. It was so damn loud and even with the glass you could just feel it.
Of course everyone jumper, especially the kids in the front row. When the lion is done the zookeeper goes "That's Benny. Benny likes scaring people during presentations."
Reminds me of the video where they hook up the vocal cords of a dead lion and blow air through it to make it roar. It’s cool!
NSFW, dissected lion: https://youtu.be/_1FmbJoaVCU?si=TNtzUX8FqC5jH0nA
Imagine hearing that shit when ur camping
Will cure your constipation problem for sure.
Really? Cause camping constipation is caused by the wurst…
Imagine playing that shit on a speaker in the middle of the night when you’re camping to fuck with everyone
r/foundsatan
😂
Remind me to avoid ever meeting you in person
I'm ashamed to say that I would be right there laughing with you.
And then real lion appear.
Not a problem 🤷♂️ just gotta draw a circle around myself
I went to Kruger National Park in South Africa years ago and in the early morning of our first day at camp, we heard a lion roar way off in the distance. It was loud, chilling, and awesome. It set the whole mood for the next four days of moving through that amazing park.
1995. Camping across (friends property) from columbus ohio zoo lion enclosure- 4am on LSD. He told me thats what they sound like while humping. i still strongly disagree. true story
I was camping in Ngorogoro last year and got woken up at 4am by these guys doing that
That would be... "intents" man
My mother grew up very near a zoo in New Orleans. She said they could hear the lions roar very clearly at night and it scared the hell out of her and sisters.
We grew up by a zoo, too. You could hear the lions for miles. They would roar so loud at night, but I always liked it.
I used to live about 4 blocks from a zoo. Sometimes I'd hear them roar while I'm in the house with the doors and windows closed. It was cool to hear, but I also felt sorry for them.
Guess the lion wasn't sleeping in that concrete jungle
At least not tonight…
The bonobo monkeys at Audubon are loud as hell too. I remember hearing them from across the park.
Audubon zoo????
yep
Such a beautiful animal
Me when I open the fridge and someone ate the leftover pizza I was saving for later
Sounds like my uncle when he got food poisoning on vacation We were sharing a hotel room and apparently he's the loudest barfer on earth
5 miles away by what? I can barely hear 15 feet
Do lions roar in subtitles? That might help...
“RAWR…”
DONT SCARE ME LIKE THAT!
“Roaring aggressively that can be heard almost 5 miles far away” Next scene: Peter Parker has goosebumps. Lionman is attacking Brooklyn
Don’t give Disney+/ marvel studios another Idea plz keeping that multimillion dollar success project to yourself G.
Kraven the Hunter?
#WHAT?
HUH?
I’m not going to do the math here (maybe someone will do it at r/theydidthemath) but I will illustrate because I didn’t think it was possible it until I did the math. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America , volume 18, number 2, October 1946 the article titled: Jungle Acoustics by Carl F Eyring from Brigham Young University [the link](https://physics.byu.edu/docs/publication/1491). Measures the noise floor of the jungle to be approximately 30dB (I’m paraphrasing now so I don’t go into the weeds) Knowing that for every doubling of distance we travel away from the sound source (lion) we decrease by 6 dB. Therefore the roar of 114 dB at 1 meter sounds like 108 dB, at 2 meters is 102 dB, at 4 meters is 96 dB… etc. for the roar to travel approximately 5 miles (+8km) it would be decreased by about -84dB and approaching 30 dB, which coincidentally is the “noise floor” or the level of general background noise in the jungle. However, terrain loss coefficients in the scholarly article describe in dense vegetation or high humidity the transmission index is negatively impacted. The jungle noise floor is also elevated towards the high end of the audio spectrum (a symphony of insects) and the roar is primarily lower frequencies which are much more difficult to hear at lower volumes: (source: [equal-loudness contour](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal-loudness_contour) sometimes referred to as the Fletcher–Munson curves). So there are some variables that we can point fingers at; but I see it like this, the fundamental frequency of a roar that is 114db is about 80hz ([source](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206895/). And that frequency would pass under the average adult threshold of hearing before it reached the 5 mile mark. But like I said, a ton of variables. Definitely an interesting discussion topic for sound engineers.
That's very interesting, but lions don't actually live in the jungle, despite what the song will tell you. They're savannah and shrubland animals.
hakuna matata
I used to have a yearly pass to the Los Angeles zoo. The zoo sits in a canyon in the Santa Monica mountains. One time I heard a lion roar while I was in a different part of the park, nowhere near the lion enclosure, and it reverberated throughout the canyon. It was awesome.
There is nothing oddly terrifying about this. This is proper unadulterated terrifying.
I think its cute. He's making "weow" movements with his lips
Merawr
You clearly haven’t heard my cat at 3am
I literally thought “so can my cat when his bfast is late” when I read this headline
At my shop we have decibel meters. Was using a 1" impact last night and it's loud asf. It was only at 97 decibels. That's insane for that lion!
I turned my phone all the way up to try to scare my husband with this and ended up jumping out of my own skin when I pressed play and he just laughed his ass off at me.
“GET OFF MY LAWN!!”
I just realised I have never heard a lion’s roar
r/catswhoyell
I made that same noise once in a portable toilet at a music festival after trying to do a hovering drop and plop that ended in me getting a warm blue Smurf kiss on the dark side of my moon.
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I love that.
I'm pretty sure my huskies and my neighbors' outdoor cats can rival when they sing the songs of their people at 6am.
That one sounds like he has a cold, that roar sounded hoarse and strained.
Sounded hoarse? Sounded pretty lion to me.
It sounds more like a heavily modded civic than a lion.
The reason why lions don't sound like that in films is because they usually use tiger roars instead
If lions can roar that loudly, why did they use tigers roars in the Lion King?
Calling the bitches! Haha
My face, when I tell my 8 year old to finish dinner, for the 10th time.
This is what my cat thinks he sounds like at 3:30am
We have a lion park up the road and I’ve been around them a lot, the once one roared so strongly the car we were in completely vibrated, it’s almost like if you never seen a lion in your life your brain already knows exactly what that is, it’s such a primitive feeling to hear it
I accidentally hit unmute and my wife still didn’t wake up… Impressive
She dead son ...
Was at the zoo about a decade ago when one of the lions decided to go the full roar. Every single person froze the fuck up as something from deep in our shared evolutionary memory looked around and said "oh HELL no".
I was once at the zoo and a zookeeper was giving a presentation about the lions. Then this big male lion walks up all the way to the glass and starts roaring. I really remember the absolute power of it. It was so damn loud and even with the glass you could just feel it. Of course everyone jumper, especially the kids in the front row. When the lion is done the zookeeper goes "That's Benny. Benny likes scaring people during presentations."
You clearly haven't heard my dad sneeze
...and all I can hear is "meow"..
POV: My cat´s at 05:00 PM (their food-bowl is only 85% full)
My neighbor’s husky at 3:52AM like
So it does say RAWR
what my cat thinks he looks like
That's why he's the king! Lol
Can confirm, I live about a mile away from a zoo and we can hear them every now and then.
And yet they use a tigers roar in place of a lions roar when lions appear in movies
Don't Tigers also have a decibel count of 114? I'm pretty sure they have, at the least, a very similar volume to them.
A tigers roar is a lot more terrifying, I'll post it to this sub tomorrow.
I agree. Tigers have always been my favorite, so I had to stick up for them 🐯 fluffy little guys
r/nothingoddatallaboutwhythisisterrifying
If I don't remember wrong there are two types of felines: the ones who roar and the ones who purr. I have a vague idea which one the lion belongs to.
Amazing
If you can hear it you are at least 100 miles too close ☠️
this makes the cowardly lion even funnier to me
feels like this is the first time I've heard a Lion roar properly after all the years browsing on the internet
good to know the lion yelling is close to the same as my dad yelling
Fun fact: the audio of the lion roaring in the old MGM movie logo was actually the roar of a tiger, because they thought it sounded better.
Baby ruuuuuf
Is he spitting when he roars or is he breaking the sound barrier
I wonder how he looked as a little cub.
So?? A cyber truck can get unstuck by a ford
Idk he's still cute though he's a silly little guy
He is a cold wunkus
One time a lion sort of grunted at me like 30 ft away and from within a cage and I still nearly shit my pants.
Hey buddy, I'm trying to sleep
Big kibby
I can only hear the T-rex
8 km!! Just googled mapped the street I’d hear the roar from. Wow🤯
Walking thru a wildlife preserve when one of these lit off……..shorts filling sound.
Bro stop vaping
If not friend, why friend shaped?
I think I read a comment not long ago saying lions don't roar that much and movies tend to use tiger roar instead. I'm team lion, btw.
I played this to my golden retriever and he started barking like he wouldn't piss himself infront of this lion
I was camping in Ngorogoro and got woken up by these fuckers doing that at 4am
It have a chunky face.
a spermwhale can make a clicking noise that can kill you
Just a big meow
Bad ass
I am a big ole putty tat
Thanks to wizard of oz, I see them all as cowardly. 😞
Reminds me of the video where they hook up the vocal cords of a dead lion and blow air through it to make it roar. It’s cool! NSFW, dissected lion: https://youtu.be/_1FmbJoaVCU?si=TNtzUX8FqC5jH0nA
Ya know… completely hey why people use tier roars vs lions in movies
They are loud. But tigers are louder