Gradually, a chorus of grunts, thuds, snorts and belches can be heard from all directions.

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Soon the night air rings with the notes of swooning birds and the thuds of mammals plodding about nearby.

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Officers are then seen getting out to apprehend the suspects after which the recording picked up the dull thuds of the bullets being fired by one of the officers.

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He was the creator of the Newton (an early tablet) and Lisa (a precursor to the Mac) both of which landed in the consumer tech market with resounding thuds.

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The thuds create heat.

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