tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post1880353814352623523..comments2023-11-03T02:16:06.338-07:00Comments on Ugly Overload: Watch Where You StepRaging Wombathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01898378698646624373noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-13177055356844836262007-06-26T20:07:00.000-07:002007-06-26T20:07:00.000-07:00Megan here. These are Cannonball Jellyfish. They s...Megan here. These are Cannonball Jellyfish. They sometimes wash up in dozens on Florida shores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-29891345744495119282007-05-17T11:09:00.000-07:002007-05-17T11:09:00.000-07:00I suppose if we had a location that would help nar...I suppose if we had a location that would help narrow things a tad wouldn't it. ;-p<BR/><BR/>Dear wombat: Pfft - we're not smart it's just that this blog tends to attract a few more invertebrate/strange animal/lovers than is average in society.Arachnophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410631872057592006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-91665668172592626982007-05-17T07:58:00.000-07:002007-05-17T07:58:00.000-07:00From lots of beach-walking on the Gulf Coast, I'd ...From lots of beach-walking on the Gulf Coast, I'd say these are jellies. Thy look like the kind we called cannonballs--no long tentacles, really solid, thick bells--and they would move back and forth through waterways with the tides in enormous schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-28574341612423343242007-05-16T16:03:00.000-07:002007-05-16T16:03:00.000-07:00Ya'll are a lot smarter than me. Stop it.Ya'll are a lot smarter than me. Stop it.Raging Wombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898378698646624373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-57168585206785355722007-05-16T15:20:00.000-07:002007-05-16T15:20:00.000-07:00bio student - you may well be right. I've never s...bio student - you may well be right. I've never seen a jellyfish roll laterally like that rather than flatten out dorso-ventrally. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen for sure. :)<BR/><BR/>The one in the back does seem a bit blobbish for a cuc. <BR/><BR/>I don't think it's a burrowing anemone but we can't really see the base but the shape seems wrong. *shrug* I'hm just guessing. :DArachnophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410631872057592006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-50558274464621444562007-05-15T13:44:00.000-07:002007-05-15T13:44:00.000-07:00Could they be a burrowing anemone?Could they be a burrowing anemone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-22897490004633365762007-05-14T04:30:00.000-07:002007-05-14T04:30:00.000-07:00It's definitely a jellyfish, probably of the Rhizo...It's definitely a jellyfish, probably of the Rhizostoma genus. This jellyfish doesn't have long tentacles and its body has a very solid constistency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-49715284048838319252007-05-12T18:23:00.000-07:002007-05-12T18:23:00.000-07:00Here's a nice little link for anyone that wants th...Here's a nice little link for anyone that wants the basics about these echinoderms.<BR/><BR/>tolweb.org/Holothuroidea<BR/><BR/> I've no idea of the species as there's about a million cucs that are a an orange/creamy color like that. Plus, the tentacles are withdrawn which could be because they're out of the water and, as Jack said, possibly dead.Arachnophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410631872057592006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-47341612360961699302007-05-11T16:48:00.000-07:002007-05-11T16:48:00.000-07:00Sea cucumber kind of things. I thought they were m...Sea cucumber kind of things. I thought they were mostly water, but maybe they're swelled up because they're ded (sorry, just come off of visiting 4-chan)Jack Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202365155540203592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-7245229478969595972007-05-11T13:14:00.000-07:002007-05-11T13:14:00.000-07:00I'm thinking sea cucumber... I'll go look for more...I'm thinking sea cucumber... I'll go look for more info.Arachnophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410631872057592006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20146619.post-54758654514045639702007-05-11T12:21:00.000-07:002007-05-11T12:21:00.000-07:00Are they Jellyfish?...Are they Jellyfish?...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com