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Re: Noisy Sea Surface
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2003 Nov 14, 16:32 -0500
From: Rodney Myrvaagnes
Date: 2003 Nov 14, 16:32 -0500
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:52:56 -0500, Elizabeth Whelan wrote: >From what I understand, the shrimp-like krill are usually found in large >swarms and feed on algae (as on the boat bottom), so that although they are >very small, thousands of them nibbling can make quite an odd noise when >heard from inside the boat. I have only ever heard them in the warmer >climes. > I heard something like this when touring a wooden ferry (museum piece) in San Diego. The docent gave the same explanation as Elizabeth above. I have never heard the like in New England or the Chesapeake. Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a A Great White dorsal fin, close enough alongside that the tail fin was outside peripheral vision
