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When I was scuba diving last weekend, I noticed several beer bottles on the bottom. They had been there a long time, and were encrusted with barnacles and limpets...and who knows what was living inside.
If I had found a fresh bottle (with nothing living in or on it), I'd have picked it up immediately and cursed the litterbug jerk who tossed it there. I left these in place, since they were colonized. But I'm unsure about my choice. I suppose they pose a small threat of entrapment for something that somehow gets stuck inside. They also might provide shelter, too.
In any case, they aren't part of the natural environment. Should I have removed them?
If I had found a fresh bottle (with nothing living in or on it), I'd have picked it up immediately and cursed the litterbug jerk who tossed it there. I left these in place, since they were colonized. But I'm unsure about my choice. I suppose they pose a small threat of entrapment for something that somehow gets stuck inside. They also might provide shelter, too.
In any case, they aren't part of the natural environment. Should I have removed them?