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Weird Sea Creature Thingy on Tramore Beach

AlphaMale 3OO · 2007-12-26 16:15:04

Anyone seen this? Cone shaped thing that looks wooden and has tentacles and mussels attached to it. Looks really weird. Crowds gathered around it.

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26-12-2007 5:15pm

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Anyone seen this? Cone shaped thing that looks wooden and has tentacles and mussels attached to it. Looks really weird. Crowds gathered around it.

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#2 26-12-2007 5:18pm
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Picture?

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#3 26-12-2007 5:37pm
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I'll have some pics up in a bit - It's a log with a couple of hundred goose barnacles hanging off it... Pretty cool little things, they're considered a delicacy (sp?) in some parts of the world, according to Wikipedia.

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#4 26-12-2007 5:40pm
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Those aren't the same as the ones the spanish eat- Percebes.
close but not quite.

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#5 26-12-2007 5:51pm
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One pic from my mobile..

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#6 26-12-2007 6:08pm
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looks like a bit of wood with shells on it?

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#7 26-12-2007 6:10pm
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dlofnep wrote: »

looks like a bit of wood with shells on it?

Plus slimy things. But ya.

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#8 26-12-2007 6:14pm
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Did you poke it?

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#9 26-12-2007 6:15pm
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Nope, it was lashing rain so I took one shot and left. Had nothing to poke it with anyway..

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#10 26-12-2007 6:27pm
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WTF?

Where'd me post go?

Anyways... I poked it, not out of malcontent, but wanted to see how much water it they had... were plenty of them dead. I had my macro lens with me, so you'll all have some 1:1 goodness as soon as they're online!

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#11 26-12-2007 6:34pm
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Fajitas! wrote: »

WTF?

Where'd me post go?

Only post by you in this thread is here::
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=54730682&postcount=3

Anyways... I poked it, not out of malcontent, but wanted to see how much water it they had... were plenty of them dead. I had my macro lens with me, so you'll all have some 1:1 goodness as soon as they're online!

Wtf were they anyway?

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#12 26-12-2007 6:51pm
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Strange, wasn't WTF'ing at you, just was pretty sure I pressed the post button

Goose barnacles - Pics are nearly cooked - Just have to do a quick levels and sharpening on each.

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#13 26-12-2007 6:52pm
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Fair play for poking it!

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#14 26-12-2007 6:57pm
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Wasn't that bad.

Edit: Actually, the above is a lie. It was all well and good at the time, but I tried eating some lettuce when I got home and nearly retched...

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#15 26-12-2007 7:06pm
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Looks like one for the Paranormal Forum! >_>

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#16 26-12-2007 7:12pm
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Fajitas! wrote: »

Strange, wasn't WTF'ing at you, just was pretty sure I pressed the post button

Old age. Ill forgive ya.

Goose barnacles - Pics are nearly cooked - Just have to do a quick levels and sharpening on each.

Digital tbh.

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#17 26-12-2007 7:20pm
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They are digital

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#18 26-12-2007 7:24pm
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Fajitas! wrote: »

They are digital

Nvmd so

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#19 26-12-2007 7:42pm
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My internet is being dreadfully slow tonight.

Here's the first few. More later...

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#20 26-12-2007 8:25pm
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Excellent shots there!

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#21 26-12-2007 8:54pm
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There's more of them on me flickr if any of you are interested.

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#22 27-12-2007 3:34pm
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fajitas! had a snoop round your flikr ya sure are talented.

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#23 27-12-2007 3:50pm
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anyone know what it is yet?

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#24 27-12-2007 4:07pm
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a log. probably a piece of a shipwreck that has been in the sea a very very long time.

i havent seen it down there. I'm only guessing from fajitas photos.

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#25 27-12-2007 4:41pm
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paul666 wrote: »

a log. probably a piece of a shipwreck that has been in the sea a very very long time.

i havent seen it down there. I'm only guessing from fajitas photos.

Fairly accurate description, seems what it is alright.

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#26 27-12-2007 7:37pm
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Cheers beaushalloe!

Aye, it's defo a log, don't know if it's from a shipwreck though - the end of it that was visable looked more smooth & branchlike than anything used in ships, then again, erosion could have done that...

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#27 28-12-2007 1:02pm
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Come on Waterford bay is finally getting it's revenge after years of pollution it's going to start by taking back the beah

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#28 29-12-2007 12:37pm
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Is it stil there?

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#29 30-12-2007 3:42pm
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mrDuke wrote: »

Is it stil there?

Yup

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