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Below the waterline

Jaques Cousteau's The Silent World describes the underwater world as silent. This is an illusion. Below the waterline it is noisy - especially beneath a busy harbour. Fish crunch and rumble while feasting on the rocky reef, shrimps click (sounding uncannily like fat on a hot pan), waves crash, winds roar, boat and ferry engines reverberate.