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Copepods (/ˈkoʊpɪpɒd/; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (drifting in sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), and some continental species may live in limnoterrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests, bogs, springs, ephemeral ponds, and puddles, damp moss, or water-filled recesses (phytotelmata) of plants such as bromeliads and pitcher plants. Many live underground in marine and freshwater caves, sinkholes, or stream beds. Copepods are sometimes used as biodiversity indicators.
Copepods form a subclass belonging to the subphylum Crustacea (crustaceans); they are divided into ten orders. Some 13,000 species of copepods are known, and 2,800 of them live in fresh water.
Copepods vary considerably, but can typically be 1 to 2 mm (0.04 to 0.08 in) long, with a teardrop-shaped body and large antennae. Although like other crustaceans, they have an armoured exoskeleton, they are so small that in most species, this thin armour, and the entire body, is almost totally transparent. Some polar copepods reach 1 cm (0.39 in). Most copepods have a single median compound eye, usually bright red and in the centre of the transparent head; subterranean species may be eyeless. Like other crustaceans, copepods possess two pairs of antennae; the first pair is often long and conspicuous.
[Brother Ali:]
They tell that me my dreams became real
I feel I just started it
Realizin' that the strivin' is the freshest part of it
Heart is more important than the ornaments
There's no such thang as "all of it"
Dawg there's always more to get
Ain't got nothin' to do with greed
If there's nothing more to achieve then why continue to breathe?
The second you reach the highest leagues you can conceive
Raise your head, you won't believe what it is you see
The more people you reach, the more powerful your speech
Your triumph will make you humble, you'll crumble to your knees
Cryin', "Please" to whatever higher power you beseige
"Why don't all these possessions provide me with inner peace? "
Because all the people surrounding me still in need
Feel it, all in the air, it's palpable in the street
Ignore it when you woke, it will attack you in your sleep
The "I" is not complete, there is only value in "we"
So now you've got a purpose for the bounties you receive
Every victory is another hungry mouth that you can feed
Surrender is the only time the outcome is guarantee