We had the opportunity to explore a few different tide pools, but by far my favorite was a tide pool that had park rangers at it. They gave us a laminated cheat sheet to help us identify what we saw. And this guy told us all kinds of cool things about the crazy creatures that live in the sea.
Like these green sea anenomes. He told us you put your finger in the middle of them, they close around their "prey." It feels sticky, like glue, but it's actually their tiny little barbs that inject their dinner with a neurotoxin to paralyze them. Sounds unhealthy, but he said it was okay to try it out. Glenn and I later both felt like our fingers were the slightest bit tingly and weird.
And everyone enjoys a nice sea star.
By far the grossest and simultaneously coolest thing we saw
were these weird creatures Morgan found on a piece of drift wood. These are a type of barnacle. Their fuzzy weirdness was just hanging out
and waving at us. They looked incredibly
strange. We were all completely grossed
out and fascinated. Or, I was, anyway. Yuck/cool!!
So, there you have it. Tide pools are great. Especially when you have someone to explain all the strange wonders you are seeing.
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