Over the weekend I attended a teacher training in Monterey। The weather was gorgeous and when it was low tide, we visited the tidepools. It was amazing and felt as if I were walking on the ocean floor. It exposed many creatures including this "thing"(see picture on the left). It felt, and kind of looked like a tongue. It clung to t
he rock like a star fish with a yellow gooey inside. As soon as I picked it up, it started curling up in a ball (picture on the right). I wonder what this thing was? Maybe it dates back to the dinosaur ages? Maybe it is in the starfish family? Maybe you can figure out what I picked up that day? Whatever it was...it sure was interesting!!!
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Could this "thing" be a sea cucumber?
I think that thing is a pink starfish of some sort. I saw it on a picture of my visit to the montrey bay aquarium. Maybe it's a kind of anemone. See you at school tommorow!!
i wonder what creature that is don't you?
I think that it is a sea cucumber
Maybe it is a type of starfish. I looked at National Geographic and found a picture of it. It was in the starfish family.
I hve never been to the tidepools, but I am determined to go and see this creature you saw that was attached to a rock. I think this creature my be apart of the sea urchin family or the star fish family, even though it looks nothing like a star fish, it still acts the way a star fish does like sticking onto a rock or stick onto anything on the ocean floor. I think the way it curls up is a way to diguse itself or to protect itself.
I think this creature is a snailfish. I was reserching on wikipedia and I saw somthing that looked like it.
Where are the tide pools? What are they? beaches?
Great question Vibhu. These particular tidepools were in Monterey. Along the coast, some of the land is sandy (like a beach) and other parts are rocky. The rocky parts have depressions, or pools, that collect sea water. When it is high tide, the tidepools are almost under water. As the tide retreats, sea water is left inside of the "pools" keeping the sea creatures alive. This allows people like myself to walk along the rocks and see what life looks like at the bottom of the ocean. You must be careful though, the rocks are extremely slippery with all of the seaweed!
Thanks for anwsering my question Mrs. McPheeters. I will do some reseach to learn more about the tidepools.
This creature must be really rare! I think that this is an endangered animal. I researched about it on National Geographics and found out it was in the starfish family, but it does look like a sea cucumber. See you!
I found out what it was! It was a sea cucumber. I looked it up on "google" and found out. I looked at some images too. The one you picked up looks more interesting because the ones I saw on the web had these dots that are swelling out. Maybe sometime I could go to a tidepool and find some. Anyways, your pictures sure showed what you mean when you described it in the blog. Bye!
Nicholas just told me it was a sea cucumber. At first I thought a rock close to it was part of the mystery creature but now I can see the outline of it. The bottom picture of the sea cucumber doesn't even look like a sea cucumber.
Himaja said...
I really think that is an interesting whatever iti is! I really have been taking a good look on that picture and my hypothesis is that it might be a sea animal that was also in the dinosaur family. Maybe it's and egg that's about to hatch. Do you still have that thing? Maybe if I find some more information I will tell you about it! See you at school!
I agree with Mrs.Yu and Vibhu that it is a sea cucumber
This actually a sea cucumber because there was a picture of this on google while I was researching. As Malini said,"It could be a snailfish." Even though I'm more sure that's a sea cucumber.
I agree with Meryem.The creature probably curls up to protect itself.I was looking up on Google and saw a image of a sea cucumber. It looked just like your "thing". I hope you find out what it is!
It sure looks weird though. I think it is a sea cucumber.
I've seen something like this in the National Geographic Kids magazine, it looked similar to it, but this might be different. I think it's part of the starfish family. Or it could be a sea cucumber.
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