Of course, baby kandelia don't have to settle down close to home. Washed out by the tide, they can travel over the ocean for hundreds of miles looking for a new place to live.
當然，小水筆仔不一定要「落葉歸根」，長於家鄉；有的被潮水帶到海上，進行一次好幾百哩的流浪，另覓地點定居、擴張勢力範圍。