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Beach
... her egg case. The strand line is where dead seaweed and empty shells collect at high tide. Here are the remains of those that lost the battle with the sea. But look ... and you can find sand shrimp and beach fleas hopping through the debris. Above the high tide line, beach grass anchors the sand dune in place. It is called the "guardian of ...
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Tidepool
... form where pools of water collect in rocky hollows at low tide. There are easier places in the ocean to survive. Tides, temperature, ... being washed away by the waves at high tide keep from drying out by the sun at low tide keep from being eaten The plants and ... Air bladders let them float on the surface of the water at high tide where they can get the best light. Beneath the seaweed starfishes ...
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Turtle Defense
... Marines patrol the beach to protect the mothers as they lay their eggs above the high tide line. Talk about good defense! What animal has both a shell and a carapace? (turtle ...
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Limpets
... tide to keep from drying out. As a testimony to their clinging ability, some mines built for attaching to ships in World War II were called "limpet mines". At high tide or in tide ... . When the hungry limpet eats its fill or its internal clock warns of an ebbing tide, he returns to a special portion of the rock known as its home-spot. In ...
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The Winter Beach
... ridge of sand and rocks has replaced the broad, flat beach. High on the beach, like stranded whales, lie rounded boulders too ... the lines of debris, seaweed and dead organisms stranded at the high tide mark, the winter beach appears desolate and lifeless. If you look ... avoid the freezing winds. Intertidal organisms will also relocate to high salinity tide pools, as a higher percentage of salt results in ...
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Herring Harvest - Weir Fishery
... to leave dry (or at least muddy) ground. At low tide, the Native American fishermen constructed traps of sticks plunged into ... they swam along the shoreline at night. When the tide receded they lay stranded high and dry, easy picking for the fishermen. Early European ... stake rises just above low tide level and is lashed to a top stake that rises several feet above high water. Securely fastened ...
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A Snail's Tale
... Where could they be? He'd spent hours every day at low tide cruising along the beach looking for someone to play with. Sometimes ... summer. The marina next door was deserted. The boats were perched high above the water in their winter cradles. Their protective tarps flapped ... 't reach me." Raspy remembered his long, cold winter in the tide pool. He felt that he'd missed an opportunity somehow. Just ...
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Animal Poetry
... and green. Hiding in seaweed is my scene. I can protect myself with claws raised high, But I'd rather just sit in a tidepool 'till you pass by. You have ... any fun. But we mollusks sure can slide. We glide down slime trails into the tide. I glue my shell to rocks and stuff. Try to pull me off if you ...
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