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... groups on rock surfaces . One simple animal that finds a home in this rocky habitat is the aggregating anemone . Growing in large groups along rock surfaces , these cnidarians filter feed at high tide . Their " grouping " behavior may ...
... groups on rock surfaces . One simple animal that finds a home in this rocky habitat is the aggregating anemone . Growing in large groups along rock surfaces , these cnidarians filter feed at high tide . Their " grouping " behavior may ...
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... groups of many pods are called herds . It is evident that all whales evolved from a terrestrial ancestor from the ... group of very mysterious and seldom - seen animals , also are placed in the suborder Odontoceti with the toothed whales ...
... groups of many pods are called herds . It is evident that all whales evolved from a terrestrial ancestor from the ... group of very mysterious and seldom - seen animals , also are placed in the suborder Odontoceti with the toothed whales ...
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... groups of as many as 1,000 individu- als . They are not presently endangered although biologists are fearful they will be by pollution ( see Chapter 11 , The Pelagic Zone ) . How do these air - breathing animals survive in the early ...
... groups of as many as 1,000 individu- als . They are not presently endangered although biologists are fearful they will be by pollution ( see Chapter 11 , The Pelagic Zone ) . How do these air - breathing animals survive in the early ...
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