These morning low tides have made for some good 'post surf' tide pooling.
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Lick the tentacles next time. I used to give my Marine students extra credit if they showed me a video of them doing it.These morning low tides have made for some good 'post surf' tide pooling.
Them: "What if I die?
Me: I'll give you extra extra credit.
So the whole point in licking an anemone is that your tongue is more sensitive to the nematocysts (stinging cells). Think 9v battery to the tongue. The sensation lasts a couple of hours. I've never met a student that reported having an allergic reaction, but anything's possible.
A nematocyst is basically a microscopic harpoon. If you've ever touched an anemone tentacle, it feels sticky when you pull your finger away b/c you're ripping out hundreds of those microscopic harpoons.
What's crazier is that nudibranchs are capable of consuming hydroids and somehow not triggering the nematocysts to fire. So instead of digesting them, they incorporate them into the cerata (gills) on their backs. Now if a predator tries to eat the nudibranch, they will get stung by the hydroid's nematocysts. A real life Kirby (Nintendo reference).
Hermissenda crassicornis crawling on hydroids taken from the Coast Guard pier at Morro Bay:
The orange frilly things are the cerata filled with nematocysts.
A nematocyst is basically a microscopic harpoon. If you've ever touched an anemone tentacle, it feels sticky when you pull your finger away b/c you're ripping out hundreds of those microscopic harpoons.
What's crazier is that nudibranchs are capable of consuming hydroids and somehow not triggering the nematocysts to fire. So instead of digesting them, they incorporate them into the cerata (gills) on their backs. Now if a predator tries to eat the nudibranch, they will get stung by the hydroid's nematocysts. A real life Kirby (Nintendo reference).
Hermissenda crassicornis crawling on hydroids taken from the Coast Guard pier at Morro Bay:
The orange frilly things are the cerata filled with nematocysts.
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Scavengers in the back yard this morning.
The Honey Badgers of California are back.
2nd wolverine spotted. This time at Mammoth.
This was the first one spotted in 2010 in Tahoe, and again in 2016.
2nd wolverine spotted. This time at Mammoth.
This was the first one spotted in 2010 in Tahoe, and again in 2016.
Northern Shoveler in the Vernal Pool at Fairview Park a couple months ago.
Thanks--great info, and terrific photo!So the whole point in licking an anemone is that your tongue is more sensitive to the nematocysts (stinging cells). Think 9v battery to the tongue. The sensation lasts a couple of hours. I've never met a student that reported having an allergic reaction, but anything's possible.
A nematocyst is basically a microscopic harpoon. If you've ever touched an anemone tentacle, it feels sticky when you pull your finger away b/c you're ripping out hundreds of those microscopic harpoons.
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What's crazier is that nudibranchs are capable of consuming hydroids and somehow not triggering the nematocysts to fire. So instead of digesting them, they incorporate them into the cerata (gills) on their backs. Now if a predator tries to eat the nudibranch, they will get stung by the hydroid's nematocysts. A real life Kirby (Nintendo reference).
Hermissenda crassicornis crawling on hydroids taken from the Coast Guard pier at Morro Bay:
The orange frilly things are the cerata filled with nematocysts.
I wish more people would get stomped out.Stupid is as stupid does...
But then I think they shoot the poor animal for some dumb ass policy reason. Humans are disease, and we're getting dumber by the day, collectively.
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If it didn't put the wildlife at risk of being euthanized I'd say let nature take its course...
