In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Connected.”
In the surf zone getting knocked off your perch can be fatal. Residents of the rocky intertidal solve the connection conundrum in different ways, but they each find a way to handle the pounding surf without losing their grip.
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Are those really tiny limpets or young barnacles on the surface of that mussel. They are so small that at first I thought that they were bubbles.
Yep, tiny barnacles. I didn’t even notice them until I checked out the photo.