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Old 06-02-2012, 10:58 PM   #1
BrianPlankis
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Grazing snails rule the waves

Coral reefs and seashores largely look the way they do because large fish and urchins eat most of the seaweed that might otherwise cover them, but a major new study has found that the greatest impact of all comes from an unexpected quarter -- small marine snails.

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