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        STORY OF THE TINY LOBSTER           

The tiny lobster is the world's smallest    
recognizable avatar, as registered by the   
Guiness Book of World Records, 1998, page   
123.                                        

It consists of 4 pixels, which are bright   
red, arranged in a "Y" configuration.       

Try to imagine one now.                     






The tiny lobster is an excellent example of 
the *idea* of an avatar being significantly 
more important than it's rendering quality. 
A fact which is sometimes lost on the crea- 
tors of more highly detailed and expensive  
lobsters.                                   

Actual tiny lobsters often live in caves,   
and don't come out very often, except to    
shamelessly promote their products.         



It is illegal to ensnare tiny lobsters, and 
they are largely inedible, anyway.          


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