Artist Records Sound Of World's Largest Organism, Believed To Be Thousands Of Years Old

In one of the recordings, sound artist Jeff Rice heard a whisper with the tremble of a million leaves echoing through Pando's roots.

Scientists have recorded the sound of Pando, the "forest of a single tree", considered to be the largest living organism of the world. According to The Guardian, the forest is made of 47,000 genetically identical stems sprouting from a shared root system. Pando, which means "I spread" in Latin, is spread across 100 acres. The organism is believed to be thousands of years old with a dry weight of 6,000 metric tonnes, making it the planet's heaviest living organism, the outlet further said.

Now, a sound artist has been able to capture the acoustic portrait of Pando using hydrophones.

"This project began with a question: what is the sound of one of the world's largest organisms," said sound artist Jeff Rice, while presenting his findings at 184th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Chicago.

The attempt was part of an art project for which Mr Rice worked with Lance Oditt, the founder of the nonprofit group Friends of Pando.