Last week, Taj Burrow of Australia defeated Cory Lopez of Indian Beach Rocks, Fla ., at the U . S . Open, held at the same site as Saturday's competition.
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Feeding on beach rock at a specific height over the average low tide level, the snails slowly move about in their clusters, preserving the precious moisture that allows them to breathe overwater.
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The feature consists of the reef crest ( flattened, emergent especially during low tides or nearly emergent segment of a reef ), sand cays ( accumulations of loose coral sands and beach rock ) and intermittent deep channels.
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A ring-of-rocks bathing pool known as Little Bay Rock Pool or Little Bay Baths was created from beach rocks at the southern end of the beach in the early 1900s to provide safe shark-free bathing for nurses resident nearby at the Coast Hospital.
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According to Menzies, half of the fleet, under the command of admiral Zhou Wen, was caught in a hurricane near Bimini and built the Bimini Road from beach rock and the ships'ballast as a slipway to haul damaged junks ashore for refitting and repairs of damage caused by the hurricane.
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Still, some of the stagier pictures are quite marvelous : " Wedgeman, " in which an older, lankier pup is wedged in the fork of a birch tree; " Display, " in which the silvery wood grain of an old wall echoes the swirling nuances of four velvety coats; and the four-part " Rocks and Stones, " with puppies scattered and almost invisible among beach rocks.
