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Cormorant Fishing
In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
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Category: crab
Posted on: November 12, 2007 10:04 AM, by ableiman
These were too cool not to share here. We are like the Robin Hood of scientific imagery... sort of
Larval crab
Copepod
Diatoms
To make matters worse... we can't find the original article these came from... it's over at National Geographic in some article about plankton or something...
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ooooooohhhh.....pretty. Love the copepod.
Posted by: memyrald | November 12, 2007 6:34 PM
Well then I must be one of the Merry Men! Or the drunk Friar...
They are from the November 2007 Issue of National Geographic (pgs. 96-111) titled "Small Wonders: the secret life of marine microfauna". A wonderful article worth reading!
Posted by: kevin z | November 12, 2007 9:23 PM