Category: Essays
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Cold Water Bias
When I show people photos of the animals I love from the intertidal, I frequently get the response, “I had no idea we had such colorful animals in California.” And while at first, I thought it was just a couple people here and there, I soon began to realize that this is a pervading thought…
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The Animals That Live In Shells
Phylum molcusca is one of the largest phyla in the animal kingdom— second only to arthropoda— and is made up of soft bodied invertebrates. The word mollusk traces its lineage to French and then to Latin to a word that means “soft.” It has over 100,000 known species, and likely has over 150,000 in total. It…
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Tide Pooling, Science, and Questions of Why
“Finally we learned to know why we did these things. The animals were very beautiful. Here was life from which we borrowed life and excitement. In other words, we did these things because it was pleasant to do them.” I have often wondered why I love tide pooling. It is a rather niche activity and…
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A Short Essay on Mankind’s Dislike of Life
The small stretch of land that lies in between the tidal zones is an anomaly among ecosystems. It is both land and sea. Nutrient rich and barren. Baked by the sun and submerged with cold Pacific currents. What organisms could live in such an environment that is plagued by the constant ebb and flow of…
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The Tidepooler is a blog focused on education and information about the tide pools and rocky shore environments along the coasts of the world’s oceans. With more understanding and enthusiasm, these important ecosystems can be sustainably explored for science, curiosity, and appreciation of their beauty.
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