She noted that the oysters initially opened their shells widest when it was high tide in Connecticut, but that after fourteen days their rhythms had adapted to the tide schedule in Illinois.

她注意到，在康涅狄格，当涨潮的时候，牡蛎最初把它们的壳打开得最宽，但在14天后，它们的节奏已经适应了伊利诺斯州的潮汐时间表。