These are being washed up on shore with the kelp and seaweed. Can someone identify? Thanks, Wiley MMc - 8-10-2011 at 02:32 PM
It's a sea slug. I you really upset them off they put out a red shot of ink. The Spanish used them as a red die when they first overran Mexico. Big
money maker for the them 400 years ago.It was the best long term red die at the time.
MMcDavid K - 8-10-2011 at 02:32 PM
Just guessing: a California sea hare? Ken Bondy will know!Ken Bondy - 8-10-2011 at 03:00 PM
You guys are both right, it's a sea hare. It's an opistobranch, a type of nudibranch, thus the term "sea slug" is correct although "sea hare" is much
more commonly used. They do, in fact, eject a thick purple fluid when threatened.tiotomasbcs - 8-10-2011 at 03:27 PM
That's one ugly Slug. Juan called them Seacows. I think I saw a few in the bar scene of Star Wars. Want to roll around and blow off some red tint, my sweet, little Slugette? TioMMc - 8-10-2011 at 03:58 PM
You can become a expert here:www.seaslugforum.net/find/aplycaliredhilltown - 8-11-2011 at 12:26 AM
pan seared with some shallots, butter, and olive oil?comitan - 8-11-2011 at 06:34 AM
Thanks all for the ID sure ends all speculation.shari - 8-11-2011 at 06:42 AM
this little sweety has incredible indigo ink which is a great dye..ya gotta milk them into a container....something for Wiley to do!!!Diver - 8-11-2011 at 06:54 AM
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Originally posted by shari
this little sweety has incredible indigo ink which is a great dye..ya gotta milk them into a container....something for Wiley to do!!!
OK Shari, fess up !!
Do you make a Margi with the dye or eat the eyeballs or what ? shari - 8-11-2011 at 07:18 AM
it's one of those well guarded culinary secrets"what goes on in Asuncion STAYS in Asuncion"...I'll never tell nor give out the coordinates of this
delicacy!
Thinkin' about the ink that Wiley's gonna collect:
... put it in a generic base from Comex and paintin' the house
... or dyeing muslin for new curtains
... como no?Pescador - 8-11-2011 at 10:04 AM
There is a woman out of Homer, Alaska, who uses octupus ink and makes the coolest pictures I have seen, so maybe we need someone with time on their
hands and a little artistic talent to start doing Pictures with Sea Slug Ink. I think they will have to work a little on the naming, though.
Her name was Dianna Tillion and she passed recently.....
akmaxx - 8-11-2011 at 10:15 AM
The octopus ink and her talent gave the art an M.C. Escher meets Ralph Steadman quality. Very cool and if somebody got on the sea slug ink bandwagon
down this way they could make a splash pretty quick.dtbushpilot - 8-11-2011 at 11:34 AM
Could turn out to be another opportunity for income for the local fishermen.....ya never know....dt
Want to roll around and blow off some red tint, my sweet, little Slugette? Tio
