Thursday, November 04, 2010

ROBERT SCHNECK: What on earth is this?

Hi Jon,

While reading a blog called AltJapan I came across this picture. The blogger describes it as a larval Mothra, which sounds reasonable to me, but can CFZers identify this creature?http://altjapan.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/index.html
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8 comments:

  1. C-E B1:17 PM

    It's a sea slug, isn't it?

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  2. Retrieverman3:09 PM

    It looks like a sea cucumber to me.

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  3. Retrieverman3:11 PM

    http://www.tankedup-imaging.com/photo_oz01.html

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  4. Woodwose7:59 PM

    Are those barnacles?

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  5. Woodwose8:02 PM

    Are those barnacles?

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  6. A Man Called Da-da8:56 PM

    whatever it is, i'm sure the Japanese will eat it. pickled.

    "mmmm, pickled mothra larva..."

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  7. Unknown9:07 PM

    Yeah, it's a sea cucumber. Like the slight impression of a face at the left hand side. Very common (ie I see them every day) in the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea.

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  8. Olywadude8:48 PM

    Sea cucumber it is. Thick as thieves up here in the Puget Sound, but not that big on average. And, yes, people do eat them. They got a band of muscle that runs through them that you can cut out and fry up.

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