June 2008
Copyright 2008 Jo O'Keefe All Rights Reserved
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American Oystercatchers,
Haematopus palliatus, adults and day-old chicks, Sunset Beach,
NC, 06/05/08
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Stomolophus
jellyfish, two specimens, Sunset Beach, NC, 06/05/08
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Cownose ray,
Rhinoptera bonasus, mutilated, Sunset Beach, NC, 06/05/08
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School of Cownose
rays, Sunset Beach, NC, 06/05/08. Rays migrate through the area each
May and June.
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This aquarium
medley needs an explanation. The primary character is a 4-inch long
Knobbed Whelk that has a Type B personality and remains in the same
place. Two anemones reside on its shell. Yesterday I brought home an
Atlantic Surf Clam for the whelk to eat. I placed it nearby. Two hours
later when I went to check, I saw the whelk raised up with its mantle
around the clam (the dark beige oval above the Channeled Whelk. A Spider
Crab (right) that I also brought home was inspecting the whelk. A Striped
Hermit Crab inside a Channeled Whelk shell joined in. A third anemone
is on the right wall of the aquarium. These animals are all from Sunset
Beach, NC, 06/05/08
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Sea Hare, genus
Aplysia, from
Holden Beach, NC, 06/03/08
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Cactus buds
and bloom, Sunset Beach, NC, 06/02/08
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Lettered Olives,
Oliva sayana, crawling, proboscis upright on right one in each
photo, Sunset Beach, NC, 06/02/08
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