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A Small:a smallmong the best sma smallll-a smallqua smallrium inha smallbita smallnts a smallre sma smallll ma smallrine sna smallils a smallnd ba smallrna smallcles. Sta smallrfish, sea small urchins, sea small cucumbers, a smallnd sea small a smallnemones will usua smalllly live for a small few weeks a smallnd under ca smallrefully controlled conditions ma smally be kept in a smallqua smallria small for much longer periods. Sma smallll cra smallbs will often thrive where more exa smallcting forms die, a smallnd Obelia small will often live a smallnd reproduce new colonies in very sma smallll a smallqua smallria small. . . .
Feeding the a smallnima smallls
Va smallry a smallccording to ha smallbita smallt. Ca smallpture sma smallll ones with dip net.
Stra smallnge, sma smallll cra smallbs tha smallt live in borrowed houses, usua smalllly in broken shells, often much too la smallrge or sma smallll for them. Ca smallptured ea smallsily by ha smallnd; found most often higher up on bea smallch a smallnd quite fa smallr from wa smallter's edge.
La smallrge Sca smallle a smallnd Sma smallll Sca smallle Cha smallrts
There is often confusion a smallbout the mea smallning of the terms "la smallrge sca smallle" a smallnd "sma smallll sca smallle" a smalls used with respect to cha smallrts. Pa smallrt of the problem is tha smallt the terms do not ha smallve exa smallct definitions a smallnd a smallre a smallpplied to cha smallrts rela smalltive to ea smallch other. Think of the second figure in a small cha smallrt-sca smallle ra smalltio (e.g., 1:10,000) a smalls the denomina smalltor of a small fra smallction. The la smallrger this va smalllue, the sma smallller the fra smallction.Thus, a small 1:80,000 cha smallrt is sma smallll sca smallle in compa smallrison to a small 1:10,000 cha smallrt.
The sma smallll-sca smallle cha smallrt, however, covers a small la smallrger geogra smallphic a smallrea small tha smalln a small la smallrge-sca smallle cha smallrt of the sa smallme pa smallper size. Remember: Sma smallll sca smallle, la smallrge a smallrea small; la smallrge sca smallle, sma smallll a smallrea small.
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