Sunday, February 11, 2007

I see (more than) seashells on the seashore

Pasir Ris...not just a fisherman's village...
(the following animals & litter featured are just the tip of the sandberg)

Olive whelk (Nassarius olivaceus) with hitch hiking barnacles

Peanut worm (Phascolosoma arcuata)

An angry frothing Stone/Thunder Crab (Myomenippe hardwikii)

Snapping/Pistol Shrimp (Family Alpheidae)...check out those cute beady eyes (* . *)

UI Octopus (Family Octopodidae)..you can spot the teeny weeny chromatophores
that are oh-so-important for its 1st line of defence i.e. Camouflage!


UI Marine Leech...i've never encountered 1 at the seashore before
...eewww..where are my leech socks??


Can you imagine living in such a plasticky-glassy-
stinky-grossy-messy-sucky HOME??!!
No wonder people say:
"Pasir Ris got things (as in marine life) to see meh??? blink blank look*"

*All animals, plants, algae 'caught' were gently placed back in their original (super polluted) habitat; none managed to sneak into people's homes.

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