Listen for yourself and read on to discover the cause. Listen to an audio recording from Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reef (2.2MB) The ‘frying’ sound is produced by snapping shrimp ...

One of the loudest sounds comes from a tiny crustacean — snapping shrimp. Usually just a few centimeters long, snapping shrimp clench their abnormally large claw, creating an air bubble ...