<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Portraits of Wildflowers]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Steve Schwartzman]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/author/wordconnections/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[From 2012]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_25454" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-25454" data-attachment-id="25454" data-permalink="https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/from-2012/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a/" data-orig-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg" data-orig-size="1150,478" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Steven Schwartzman&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1335803649&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\u00a9 Steven Schwartzman&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Crawfish Claw on Dry Algae 3666A" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg?w=1024" class="wp-image-25454 size-large" src="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=426" alt="Crawfish Claw on Dry Algae 3666A" srcset="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=426 1024w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg?w=150&amp;h=62 150w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg?w=300&amp;h=125 300w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg?w=768&amp;h=319 768w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/crawfish-claw-on-dry-algae-3666a.jpg 1150w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"   /></a><p id="caption-attachment-25454" class="wp-caption-text">Click for greater size and clarity.</p></div>
<p>On April 30, 2012, I wandered in the relatively wild southern part of Great Hills Park and came across a tangle of dried algae in the bed of the main creek there. Lying on the algae was the tiny disembodied claw of what I take to have been a crawfish. Strange and a bit creepy, don&#8217;t you think?</p>
<p>© 2015 Steven Schwartzman</p>
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