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danniemcq · 2008-05-05 22:51:33

k so me and a few mates were walkin along the beach today and seen this "thing" in the sand. (pics below) and didn't know what it was but thought it was damn cool lookin anyway so we took pics. Anyone know what it is? It was about 6 inches long, about a dozen legs, very spiky although we didn't touch it and the green and…

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05-05-2008 11:51pm

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danniemcq

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k so me and a few mates were walkin along the beach today and seen this "thing" in the sand. (pics below) and didn't know what it was but thought it was damn cool lookin anyway so we took pics. Anyone know what it is? It was about 6 inches long, about a dozen legs, very spiky although we didn't touch it and the green and yellow bits seemed to glimer/shine in the sun.

So just thought i'd put it up here and see if anyone knew it!

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#2 06-05-2008 1:50am
tiny-nioclas

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thats some sort of sea slug, we used get them commercial fishing all the time, its like a sea version of the hairy molly lol!

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#3 06-05-2008 2:08am
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I'm almost certain that is a polychaete worm (not a sea-slug) called a sea mouse or Aphrodita aculeata

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#4 06-05-2008 12:07pm
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nice one feckin hell for 22 years i've lived beside the sea and never seen one!

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