It used to be common on some hot summer days at Sydney beaches for surfers to mysteriously wear full-length wetsuits and swimmers to not go in the water at all.
The reason could be seen at the high tide line: an armada of blue bottles washed up and dying on the sand at the end of a wind-blown journey that could make even the least philosophical person ponder the meaning of some forms of life.
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