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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Cyrene Cuenco (nyennyeno8)
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 26 W: 0 N: 13]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (246) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-05-21 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Camera: Kodak EasyShare M853 |
| Exposure: f/2.8 |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-05-28 22:06 |
| Viewed: 498 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Found this sea urchin hiding beneath the sand.. Luckily, I didn't step on one of his friends. ^_^
Enjoy!
"Sea urchins are small, spiny sea creatures of the class Echinoidea found in oceans all over the world. (The name urchin is an old name for the round spiny hedgehogs sea urchins resemble.) Their shell, which is also called the "test", is globular in shape and covered with spines. The size of an adult test is typically from 3 to 10 cm."
"Typical sea urchins have spines that are 1 to 3 cm in length, 1 to 2 mm thick, and not terribly sharp. Diadema antillarum, familiar in the Caribbean, has thin, potentially dangerous spines that can be 10 to 20 cm long. Common colors include black and dull shades of green, olive, brown, purple, and red."
"The spines, which in some species are long and sharp, serve to protect the urchin from predators. The spines can inflict a painful wound on a human who steps on one, but they are not seriously dangerous, and it is not clear that the spines are truly venomous (unlike the pedicellariae between the spines, which are venomous)." |
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- abhi80
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- [2008-05-28 22:17]
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Nice capture! I loke the DOF and the entire composition. TFS!
-Abhishek
