Quiet thing taking animals from the water? (5)
I believe the answer is:
shark
'animals from the water?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'quiet thing' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'sh' ('sh' is used to tell someone to be quiet).
'thing' becomes 'ark' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sh'+'ark'='SHARK'
'taking' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shark that I've seen before include "Large ferocious fish" , "One exploiting" , "danger at sea" , "eg Jaws" , "marine fish" .)