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Bizarre Ocean ‘Buzzing’ Sound Is Solved By Experts

The mystery of a ‘buzzing’ sound coming from deep in the Pacific Ocean has been solved by scientists. Large parts of the ocean are humming with the sound of fish flatulence as they migrate to different depths looking for food and shelter. The Mirror reports: Marine experts believe they may have discovered the noise is linked to something very natural but just a little bit rude – fish farts – that happen at dusk and dawn. While it’s surreal to think that the gassy noises can be picked up from the darkest recesses of the Pacific Ocean – it turns out that the fish are in fact humming – and not in a smelly way either. Scientists have been probing the noises for many years after sending hydrophones down as far as 3,300 feet to explore the sounds. Now biologists say they might have got to the bottom of it and it’s also linked to migration . Underwater microphones are thrown over the side of ships or suspended from buoys and left to capture the noise. When the tests began experts thought they’d capture humpback whales at mating time, dolphin clicks and other sounds. But instead they found this puzzling [...]