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A glacier gives birth to an iceberg, loudly, and takes zero parental responsibility.
means The process by which chunks of ice break off from the edge of a glacier or ice shelf and fall into the water, becoming icebergs.
from From 'calve,' meaning to give birth (as a cow calves a calf), a usage attested since at least the 1800s in English for glaciers 'calving' icebergs — the glacier is cast as mother, the iceberg as offspring, split off and sent out into the world alone.
- the sound
- cracks like thunder before the splash even starts
- the trigger
- gravity and meltwater win the argument with ice
- the danger
- resulting waves have capsized tourist boats nearby
- the irony
- cows give birth gently, glaciers do it violently