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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Sea Anemone
Anthopleura elegantissima Sea anemones thrive in the intertidal zone of Santa Barbara County beaches due in part to microscopic organisms living within their bodies. A type of alga called zoochlorella grows inside the tissue of the anemones in a symbiotic … Continue reading
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