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"Limpets," it wants to cry, "take more energy to chew than they return in the form of nutrition!"
Book review: 'At Home' by Bill Bryson Louis Bayard 2010
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"Limpets," it wants to cry, "take more energy to chew than they return in the form of nutrition!"
Book review: 'At Home' by Bill Bryson Louis Bayard 2010
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"Limpets," says a gentleman near, "are the boys in the middle school."
The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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Limpets fit the rocks so perfectly, and with such amazing force, they're impossible to dislodge.
The Humble Limpet (Petalida): A Treasure of the Sea (Η Tαπεινή Πεταλίδα) Laurie Constantino 2008
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Limpets fit the rocks so perfectly, and with such amazing force, they're impossible to dislodge.
Archive 2008-11-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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Limpets tightly adhere to rocks in shallow water where the sea meets the shore.
The Humble Limpet (Petalida): A Treasure of the Sea (Η Tαπεινή Πεταλίδα) Laurie Constantino 2008
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Limpets squat on rock each in its own spot made to fit where a taut muscular foot scours a shallow pit.
A Sonnet Washed Over 2010
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Limpets tightly adhere to rocks in shallow water where the sea meets the shore.
Archive 2008-11-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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I think this is one of my favorite blog stories and I would be out there cutting Limpets off the rock and popping them in my mouth in a heart beat.
The Humble Limpet (Petalida): A Treasure of the Sea (Η Tαπεινή Πεταλίδα) Laurie Constantino 2008
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Limpets and bivalves are absent from the littoral and subtidal zones.
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