How did one small creature, without wings, span the open space, carrying his finer than silken thread with him?
Not making the grade, though, was the skimpy soft-shell crab (one small creature cut in quarters for $13.95), the grilled bamboo (not as interesting as it sounds) and a tasteless steamed custard called chawamushi that is dotted with mushrooms and one lonely shrimp.
According to a study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, one small secret may have saved these ancient creatures: seeds.
It's a small creature but it captures bigger ones in its web".
This small creature decomposes detritus on the forest floor.
What I've learned from Esther and her dads is that one small act of kindness, like deciding to love and care for an unwanted creature, may actually transform your life and the life of others.
And it leaves unanswered this question: How small is a small creature?
The more one watches the world of small creatures, the more grimly one is impressed by the way its populations seem to be programmed beyond neurosis to do the unquestioned thing unquestioningly, with no free will, no conscience, no out-of-reach dreams, no anticipation of success or failure, no grim indulgence in play as they go along, to flaw their compliance.
She bent to examine amphipods, copepods, whelks, and other small creatures, and at one point she reached into a small pool and picked up a tiny starfish on her fingertip an apparent casualty that soon began to show signs of life.
More big creatures than small ones have been described nearly a million animals, for instance, compared with 43,000 fungi but since there are a lot more small creatures than big ones, it seems reasonable to assume that many small species remain undiscovered.
I noticed how these roads were constantly criss-crossed by small creatures: beetles, frogs, lizards, caterpillars and, on one occasion, a foot-long slow worm.
