My View of Life on the Dock
Images: Jan. 28, 2024, 9:30 A.M. A seal that’s washed up dead on Long Beach was reported to authorities. Sick or dead marine wildlife can pose risks. Despite advice to keep a distance from beached seals, dead or alive, people and pets touched this one. Dogs sniffed, marked, chewed, dug and climbed atop the body. In its current position at this particular tide, the cause of death is undetermined and no visible wounds are apparent. High tide may cover and move the seal out or re-beach it again./
Mary Kay from Maritime Gloucester writes in-
I’m going to go with Thetys vagina. That is the actual scientific name for the organism, not a joke. For more info see http://eol.org/pages/510608/overview.
Landed this morning at Captain Joe and Sons-
From eol.org-
I put out the challenge to see who could identify it first and Mary Kay from Mariotime Gloucester as usual kicked the New England Aquariums butt all over the place.
That’s Allota Fagina if I do say so myself.
Barnacle Landed By Dave Jewell Aboard The Lady J
Good Morning Gloucester 