Welcome to 2023! On Mondays this year, let’s discuss and have fun with books. No I’m not writing book reviews. But this website is for writers, and writers like books right? So let’s have FUN with books!
Week #34 – Moby Dick by Herman Melville, 1851
Moby Dick was made into several movies, including in 1956 with Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049513/
The sperm whale is the largest toothed predator. Mature males are more than 50 feet long, with the head comprising one-third of that length. It can dive more than 7,000 feet. It is the loudest animal on earth (as loud as 236 decibels [a nuclear bomb is approx 250 decibels]) and uses echolocation underwater. Sperm whales can live 70 years or more. Sperm whaling was a major industry in the 19th century and is depicted in the novel Moby Dick.
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/oceanviz/sperm-whale-sound-range/
https://hushcitysp.com/uncategorized/top-10-loudest-animals/
How loud is too loud for humans?
https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/publications/how-loud-is-too-loud
The loudest possible sound in air is 194 decibels. Louder than that is experienced as shock waves. When the Krakatoa volcano erupted in 1883, the sound was estimated at 310 decibels. It blew out the eardrums of sailors on a ship 40 miles away.
https://www.iflscience.com/the-loudest-sound-ever-blew-out-people-s-eardrums-from-40-miles-away-67791
Have you read Moby Dick? What did you think of it? Tell us in the comments!
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