Roosters Have Special Ears So They Don't Crow Themselves To Deaf

If you've spent any time around roosters, you know that their "morning" crowing can be... loud. That distinctive cock-a-doodle-doo is piercing: if you happen to be standing near a rooster sounding off, you're hit with a sound wave that's about 100 decibels. That's unpleasantly loud, like the whir of chainsaw. If one cock-a-doodled right in your ear, the sound is even louder—over 140 decibels. Sounds that loud can cause damage in less than a second, and are just shy of shatte