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\r\nIn the photograph, the sea urchin has its tube feet extended. Each one of these has a tiny sucker at the end. When the sea is rough, the urchin can attach these to the rock around itself like a set of tent guy ropes so it does not get washed off its position.","photographer":"","width":800,"id":2330928,"height":600,"takendate":"","payment_groups_id":"","server_id":18,"link":"photo_2330928.html","src":"Sea_Urchin_Common_020910.jpg","home":0,"purchase_instruction":"","galleries_id":32971,"gallery":0});
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\r\nIt feeds on a variety of things but is a heavy predator of shellfish such as the common lobster and edible crab. It regularly invades the creels of fisherman and helps itself to the contents.","photographer":"","width":800,"id":8905544,"height":650,"takendate":"","payment_groups_id":"","server_id":18,"link":"photo_8905544.html","src":"lesseroctopus.jpg","home":0,"purchase_instruction":"","galleries_id":33029,"gallery":0});
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\r\nGrowing to two metres high, some are found \"lying down\" instead of erect but I am unsure whether these animals resume their erect position at some stage. Related to anemones, they are passive suspension feeders, extracting plankton and organic material from the surrounding water.","photographer":"","width":800,"id":2309117,"height":650,"takendate":"","payment_groups_id":"","server_id":18,"link":"photo_2309117.html","src":"Tall_Sea_Pen.jpg","home":0,"purchase_instruction":"","galleries_id":33020,"gallery":0});