Nature's Shift (2011)
“I say seemingly-soundless because I was being ferried there by a boat with a powerful internal-combustion engine, and the stuttering growl of that engine was all too evident. Its very insistence, however, emphasized that it was alien to the scene, and that without its rude interruption, the delta would indeed have been silent.
In the olden days, before the sea had made its fatal incursion and mounted its subsequent retreat, there would have been plenty of sounds. The hum of insects would not have extended so far over the water, but the calls of birds would have done so, and perhaps the occasional cry of a jaguar. There would certainly have been distant sounds of some kind of human activity. Now, though, the birds were only just beginning to return, and were still maintaining a mute discretion, jaguars were extinct and other mammals would take a great deal longer to put in an appearance. As for the humans…well, the humans were as unpredictable as ever, but they had not yet started ...making a noise.MoreLess
In the olden days, before the sea had made its fatal incursion and mounted its subsequent retreat, there would have been plenty of sounds. The hum of insects would not have extended so far over the water, but the calls of birds would have done so, and perhaps the occasional cry of a jaguar. There would certainly have been distant sounds of some kind of human activity. Now, though, the birds were only just beginning to return, and were still maintaining a mute discretion, jaguars were extinct and other mammals would take a great deal longer to put in an appearance. As for the humans…well, the humans were as unpredictable as ever, but they had not yet started ...making a noise.MoreLess
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