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backswimmer under water 134 PM 220725_0457

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klankbeeld

December 13th, 2024

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Sound effects > Animals
's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
under water sounds NL EU 2024

The underwater summer sound of a small pond in a village in the Netherlands.

The cricket / rasping sound comes from a tiny water insect called Lesser Water Boatman, a backswimmer ( Micronecta Scholtzi, Corixa punctata ). One of the noisiest animals on earth compared to its body size. More info about how this animal makes this sound: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/center/articles/2011/bbc-06-30-2011.html
CorixaPunctata
Picture: Piet Spaans, CC BY-SA 2.5 < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 >, via Wikimedia Commons

The sound that resembles a dripping water tap is the sound of oxygen produced by the aquatic plants as a result of the sunshine. Sometimes gas also comes out of the bottom, but that is only for a short time.

More in this pound / More underwater recordings

Date/time: July 25th 2022, 1:34 PM

Location; water Vlaciepark, Engelen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe GPS 51.71942 5.26948

Gear chain: two Aquarian Audio Hydrophones H2a XLR 3m in AB40 setup, 250cm deep; Tascam dr-100 Mk2. compression in Audacity.

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Hydrophone
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Wave (.wav)

Duration

2:42.264

File size

44.6 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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