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YONGE1 states that “limpets move about when the tide is in and is not very rough, but they also do so to some extent when exposed if the rock is damp and the sun not too hot”. At Dale (south-west Pembrokeshire) in July 1968 we saw Patella vulgata move more frequently at low tide, when the animals were uncovered, than at high tide. Furthermore, movement occurred more often in the late evening and during the night than in the daytime.
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DEARNALEY, R., MAR, C., PARR, M. et al. When Limpets Move. Nature 221, 491–492 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221491a0
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