“What do turtuhls do?”
“Turtles?”
“Yes. What do dey do?”
“They don’t really do anything. I mean, they move around slowly and eat and pull their head in their shell…”
“Do they wibbet?”
“No, they don’t ribbet. I don’t think they make any sound.”
“Oh.”
Expert on the etiquette of perilous times.
That’s one of those disappointing and hard truths: Some animals just don’t make noises. (At least, none to speak of.)