Archive for October, 2008
They are egg cases for a juvenile skate. The skate is related to sharks and rays. Sharks, skates and rays all have a skeleton made up of cartilage – the bendy material that is found in our noses and ears.
One tiny skate will hatch from each egg after nine months – hatching under the surface [...]
Not really.
There is one main way to tell old a fish is while the fish is still alive. And, at that, you need to take some of its scales.
The scales are a lot like the rings of a tree. Depending on how many dark rings there are (if you were to find a scale and [...]
Again, the answer is appropriate for this time of year…those quarter sized holes are the home the ghost crabs or fiddler crabs.
Ghost crabs emerge to scavenger upon anything they can get: crabs or clams, bugs or insects, plants or dead stuff (detritus).
The burrows are personal territories (not colonies – like on Meerkat Manor). If [...]
Great question as Halloween approaches!
Common spider crabs, or sometimes called mud crabs, are harmless. In fact, their shells are covered with fine short hairs. When you (if you) attempt to pick one up they would actually feel as though their body was covered in felt.
The short little hairs are really what helps the spider crab [...]
