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Tiny Creatures Move Huge Amounts of California Beach Sand
Original: These Fingernail-Sized Animals Are Moving Astonishing Amounts of California Beach Sand
Small sand crabs, each about the size of a fingernail, are reported to move astonishing quantities of sand along California beaches. According to a report in SciTechDaily, these tiny animals play a surprisingly large role in reshaping coastal sand, highlighting how small organisms can drive major geological processes on shoreline ecosystems.
Why now: The surprising scale of tiny creatures' impact on coastal geology makes the finding newsworthy.
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- These Fingernail-Sized Animals Are Moving Astonishing Amounts of California Beach Sand · SciTechDaily
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