In Sounds of the Sea, hear things impossible to exhibit otherwise. Hear the fascinating and strange clang of a walrus. Listen as icebergs crack, creak and roar. Anticipate an underwater earthquake as rumblings get louder and louder and then fade away. Commercial fishing boats motor along launching nets and dragging gear.
Oil rigs stomp out a rhythmic beat while drilling for oil.
Shrimp snap, whales sing and fish chirp. There's a constant symphony playing beneath the surface. By listening to experience this exhibit, visitors will find out how important sound is in the ocean and discover the many different ways nature, marine animals and people make and use sound. Because sunlight only illuminates the first few hundred feet of depth, most of the underwater world is totally dark. Many fish, crustaceans and marine mammals rely on sound to communicate, eat, breed and escape predators.