Oysters exposed at low tide. Oysters (family Ostreidae, lower right) clustered on the wooden support struts of a staircase leading from the beach. Pho

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Oysters exposed at low tide. Oysters (family Ostreidae, lower right) clustered on the wooden support struts of a staircase leading from the beach. Photographed at the old port, Ostend, Belgium, in April.

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