Shannon Point
Shannon Point. That was actually a really fun trip and definitely would go again if the opportunity presented itself. I'd have to say that the most interesting thing down there was just all of the different organisms there. It made questions I had as a kid finally have answers when my family couldn't answer questions like "what is that animal" or "what does that thing do". Basically this entire trip was giving answers to five year old me at the beach.
I'd have to say my perspective has changed a bit. I wasn't really aware of how many organisms were there on the coast other than the ones I could see or the ones that make sense. My question is how often do these organisms get disturbed in their habitats? not just by us but by everyone who visits.
Here is a chiton. It's dead so it's not doing much other than decomposing. Some types of chitons act as primary consumers to marine plants while many types tend to focus on different types of organisms or other low tide animals.
This is a copepod that kind of looks demonic. It's kind of just hanging out there and it was a little hard to get an idea of what it was doing.
These are Shield limpets. These guys were found cling onto rocks facing the ocean to keep themselves from drying out. Being as though these are shellfish, many other organisms use them as food and they are there to eat smaller organisms
This is the sea star that tried eating Grace's finger. We were outside looking at the observation pool when this happened. This one eats shellfish and other small organisms. And my girlfriend's finger. At least tried to on that
I'd have to say my perspective has changed a bit. I wasn't really aware of how many organisms were there on the coast other than the ones I could see or the ones that make sense. My question is how often do these organisms get disturbed in their habitats? not just by us but by everyone who visits.
Here is a chiton. It's dead so it's not doing much other than decomposing. Some types of chitons act as primary consumers to marine plants while many types tend to focus on different types of organisms or other low tide animals.
This is a copepod that kind of looks demonic. It's kind of just hanging out there and it was a little hard to get an idea of what it was doing.
These are Shield limpets. These guys were found cling onto rocks facing the ocean to keep themselves from drying out. Being as though these are shellfish, many other organisms use them as food and they are there to eat smaller organisms
This is the sea star that tried eating Grace's finger. We were outside looking at the observation pool when this happened. This one eats shellfish and other small organisms. And my girlfriend's finger. At least tried to on that
Hi Maya,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post because it connected to me in that it answered many questions that I might have had from the past. It also changed my perspective in that it allowed me to see all the organisms around us, which I did not expect to see or even hear about around our coasts.