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Scuba Diving Catastrophe

Scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef. Twenty feet underwater, surrounded by spectacular fish and coral when—BLURP—a barking spider somehow creates bubble

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Scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef. Twenty feet underwater, surrounded by spectacular fish and coral when—BLURP—a barking spider somehow creates bubbles inside my wetsuit.

My diving buddy later told me they thought I had discovered some rare marine creature by the way I suddenly twisted around trying to see what was happening. The dive master now uses it in safety briefings as "pressure equalization."

Compare the sound with our listening shelf.

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