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shari
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wow bill, that's the first time I've ever set my eyes on squid feeding on the surface...fantastic.
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Pompano
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The Bay had Pelagic Crabs
Like Bill saw down south..pretty impressive....Pelagic Red Crabs.
Millions of red crabs swimming in the ocean..massed together. I've seen this a few times in the Mulege area and the Pacific coasts of Baja.
Somewhat cyclic every few years, these ocean swimmers follow warm currents and swarm all around Baja and some even north up the Cal Coast. They
become stranded on beaches due to wind and currents, not by choice. I remember videoing the event here in Conception Bay in 1987.
Their bodies formed windrows on the beaches sometimes up to three feet deep. There was a red ring of them completely around the bay and then down
the coast to Pta Teresa....an unbelievable amount of sealife....looking like this internet photo I found, but many, many more than are showing here.
Everthing imaginable was feeding on countless millions of them at sea and in the waters of the Bay. They are a significant source of food for blue
whales and other baleen whales.
There were Orcas in Coyote Bay then, too. Nothing like Whales!
They were after whatever was after the big run of red crabs. It was a crazy week...every predator in the ocean eating each other..and the gulls,
pelicans, squid and baleens eating the crabs...all the beaches and level shorelines were windrowed red with millions of dead crabs...took some time
for the stench to disappear.
The research ship, Calypso, came to study the event with Cousteau's son in charge. The odd part was..that once the crabs had died on the beach,
nothing ate them..not even the buzzards.
Not even this Norwegian..
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p.s. Here is a photo of some krill...about the size of a paper clip.
[Edited on 12-11-2008 by Pompano]
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bill erhardt
And, squid were feasting. |
When I first saw that picture my first reaction was - 'roosterfish'. Are the squid eating krill?
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bill erhardt
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Shari......I hadn't seen it before either. It took a while to figure out what they were. The squid were real boat shy and would clear a big path
even when I cut the motor and drifted through them. I took the picture with a 6X zoom lens.
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bill erhardt
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Joe.....The squid are scarfing up the pelagic red crabs.
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Skipjack Joe
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You really wonder how those crabs make it.
Camouflage? - I don't think so!
Speed? - no again.
Places to hide? - Nope.
Toxic? - unlikely.
There they were bobbing in the waves out in the open. A calico would come up now and again and smash one. But other than that - nothing. Not the
feeding frenzy you would expect.
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woody with a view
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hey! rhat's dog beach covered in crabs....'tis been awhile!
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BajaWarrior
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I remember such an infestation years ago of tuna crab. They had gotten into Mission Bay and were climbing onto the docks plus they were all over the
rocks that hold the bay inside Dana Landing, what a mess!
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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baitcast
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When your as small as these guys you are I bet they don,t make any long range plans,they just can,t get out of the way from anything,I have google
those crabs.
This is so enteresting and I agree those do look like rooster combs,it seems like every time I go down I see or hear something new,great
stuff.
Rob
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