bajajudy
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Name that blob!
Saw this on the beach this morning and wondered what it was
[Edited on 4-15-2008 by bajajudy]
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bajajudy
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and this next to a feather.
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bajajudy
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Finally
I saw this
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bajajudy
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Egret
Saw this guy too!
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Ah Judy - that egret looks like it's flirting with you, doing a little egret dance. Very nice.
Regarding the blob - I think a nice name would be Harold.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Natalie Ann
Ah Judy - that egret looks like it's flirting with you, doing a little egret dance. Very nice.
Regarding the blob - I think a nice name would be Harold.
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"Bob the Blob" has a better ring to it...
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
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Natalie Ann
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
"Bob the Blob" has a better ring to it... |
Yeah it does... but it's so common. 
Nena
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Skipjack Joe
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Judy,
Picture number 3 looks like a pelagic snail like the one below. It may have been carried by currents and finally deposited on your beach.
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Paulina
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Names?
So instead of Bob the Blob, it should be Gail the Snail.
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unless someone sexes it and discovers it is a "he," in which case he could be
dale the snail
lili
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Skipjack Joe
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Dale with her male.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
Names?
So instead of Bob the Blob, it should be Gail the Snail.
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Hey, be nice with the Bob name..... hahahaha.
My wife calls me, affectionally, "Bobby Burrito"
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This from a web site in Sidney, Australia on a pelagic snail called Janthina, or Violet Snail.
http://www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=39
They will attach themselves to floating driftwood and end up washing up on the beach... Very interesting.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
[My wife calls me, affectionally, "Bobby Burrito"
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More info than we needed....  
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bajajudy
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I am inclined to call her Violet.
Some Nomad asked my husband why I was always asking what things were. He thought that since we had all these books that I could look them up
instead.....
WHAT! and miss the chance to know that we have Bobby Burrito on the board.....I dont think so
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How about Bloby or in spanish Blobito.
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bajajudy
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There were thousands of these poor creatures this morning.
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Skipjack Joe
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Velella
Judy,
We have something similar in our parts. These are called 'sailor of the sea' and although a different animal entirely it too lives on the surface of
the ocean and is carried by ocean currents. I see them on our beaches when our upwhelling currents stop and either an onshore wind or current develops
and drops them off on our shores. There's probably more to it than that as they always arrive in huge numbers in 2 or 3 days.
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Igor,
Would you call that a blue tide?
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