What Are They?

sea cucumber?


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Snails.

Guessing Sea Slugs, but I always thought they lived in deeper depths.

Mike, I like the question mark. I didn't mean it as a contest. I haven't a clue. I think sea cucumbers are more cigar looking.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

Here's my guess:

http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1421

Vincent, that's what I thought at first, but don't snails have shells or does that grow later?

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

Not a Sea Cucumber - those look like cucumbers and squirt if you pick one up.

Some kind of marine slug.

William, those is them..... Thanks. Now I can read about them. I wonder if they're edible like escargot? Ugly mothers.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

Looking at the link William posted, Sea Hare seems to be what you found, Bob.

they could easily be aliens.


---Mike Savad
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Yup, William got it. I'm gonna go read up. Thanks everybody. I'll leave this open in case anybody wants to look at these unusual animals and go to the slug site..

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

Mike, they are definitely invading. They are all along the embankment. Don't tell Trump, he'll build a wall.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

well, if you should eat one and survive, let us know how they taste.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/recipe


---Mike Savad
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http://www.askabiologist.org.uk/answers/viewtopic.php?id=7453

they can be poisonous depending what they ate. they are not a common food item, but people do eat them.

"Supposedly they are tasteless, very crunchy, and are eaten by stewing with sweet and spicy flavoring"


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

"...they are definitely invading. They are all along the embankment. Don't tell Trump, he'll build a wall."



I've got a call into him now. :)

Mexico is on record for saying they will not pay for it. Slugs or no slugs. Tunneling or no tunneling. Drone or no drone.

I imagine you would have seen them on the menu in Key West if they were tasty and local and better than flown in chicken wings.

I'll try them with bacon, everything tastes good with bacon. If I drop dead it will be from cholesterol not the Sea Hare.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

Edward, I think they are like Cicadas, only come out every few years. We've been here a few years and I have never noticed them in this quantity. If they were regulars, our regulars would find a way to make them taste good.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

as you said bacon, that was the second thing that came from my mouth before i read it -- everything is good with bacon.

i wonder if they have any other good uses. like sea cucumbers i think make a good sunscreen or are they used for cuts? something like that. i only remember half of what they teach on survival shows.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Bacon, cheese and now Srirachia sauce. Who ever said the American diner wasn't adventurous.

Maybe they are coming in on the warming oceans. I know the lobsters in Maine are moving north to the delight of the Canadian fishing industry.

...
Mike - that's aloe a plant.

Mike, I can assure you, I AIN'T picking one up. That is unless they're worth money for what you can squeeze out of them or their rarity. Then I'd get some heavy gloves.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

Just don't bring them to California.. One French guy did back in 19th Century and now they are all over our backyard.. ;)

Irina
http://www.artirina.com/

i wonder if you licked it, if you can get high...

---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Mike, PM me your address, I'll send you one.... YOU can lick it.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

Slugs? O word they look ugh.

i wonder how one would mail one of those. envelope? do they flatten? in a box? i guess a tube would be just right. i want the video of you getting it into the tube.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

I wonder if the Sea Slug Forum is trying to figure out why their traffic has spiked.

LOL

Mike, depends, does it have to be alive for you to lick it? I was thinking a slurpee cup packed well or freeze it and send it with a little dry ice.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

William, its not a slug, it's a hare, like in rabbit, hairless of course and wetter.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

This is my favorite thread in a long time!

Who knew there was an entire forum dedicated to sea slugs? I guess the internet really does have something for everyone.

Slug fest!

Just add a starch, a healthy salad, and you've got a great meal.

Best served with a delicate white wine.

Ok. My curiosity got the better of me. Short version: DO NOT LICK THE SLUG.

http://www.eattheweeds.com/are-slugs-edible-what-about-snails-2/

Robert, I think I'd have a few bourbons before the meal.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

Where is the Paris guy? I bet he'd chow down on this. White wine, plenty of garlic, garnish of toast corners.

this is that specialty niche. get some more shots of them and you'll have sea slug aficionado's coming in to get them. there is a fan for everything it seems.

i suppose you can dry them out and eat them that way. i would assume the would taste a bit like poison dart frog legs.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

i do know one thing for certain, neither slugs nor snails, or even puppy dog tails, will ever be in my mouth.


---Mike Savad
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The slug is the king of slime! Must be their only defense mechanism. The only thing near is cactus slime and
Ochre slime.

They're frogs.

Google knows all.

yes, we must not make the google angry with us. it knows all. and if we disagree, you can bet your life that those things are from google, and they will eat your brain while you sleep.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Maybe indexing the Sea Slug Forum just isn't that high of a priority for Google.

My new pets have been visited 21 times since 3pm, I'd say by the locations, about half are bots. That means in 5 hours, probably less because I had no keywords until I found out what they were, so I had about 10 possible sales. That doesn't count Mike who wants the originals, animals that is.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

while that forum was 10 years old, they were looking for images.


---Mike Savad
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Mike,

"you can bet your life that those things are from google, and they will eat your brain while you sleep."

The slugs, frogs or Google?


Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

I am so delightedly disgusted by this whole thread, lol, and can't stop reading ... um.....do they have eyes?, ichhhhhhh

Viva, in the realm of things, does it matter? When I go by tomorrow I'll take another look and a few more snaps. I'll see if I can find a healthy one for Mike.
BTW, I once got a hare caught in my teeth.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

google is all of those things. the slugs - are google. probably a new camera recording the sewers of the local area. to google they are "frogs". like the ufo in Roswell was a "weather balloon"

google slug surveillance devices.



imagine finding one of these in your garden, just eating it whole?

i wonder how they react to salt? suppose you can hear them scream?


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Not to get off the slug subject, but how would you like to have a dozen of these in your backyard flying around the barbecue, they're about a foot across.



Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

you seem to have giant sized things where live... in the far off land of florida.

we have all normal size things


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

One very important lesson from all of this is this;

How can any of you go through life unwilling to learn about everything you can about your earthmates?

At least Bob noticed something?

This is the same curiosity which, like a child, brings people's minds to recognized the wonders of our earth and who we share it with beyond our human friends.

i've seen most things, and the ones i don't know what they are - those are stepped on.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Vincent, it's the "human friends" that I don't want to learn about, just look at the voting public. Give me animals, rocks, fish etc. etc.
Mike, there is probably something out there in the universe that's saying the same thing about us.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

probably.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Bob,

Yes it is this thinking that is important for life as a human!

"you seem to have giant sized things where live... in the far off land of florida."

Mike, this is no place to get personal.


Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

I gotta go walk the dog. I'll check back in late morning after I check to see if Spotted Sea Hares have eyes.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

Thanks, Bob..........btw...I did have a 'hare' in my soup, once....kabooom..........lollllllllll.......corny, yes, I know I know..........

don't let the dog eat em.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

Bob,
We are of the same thinking on the subject of life on earth.

In other maritime mammal fun news of the day: "300 Manatees Huddle Together in Warm Florida Spring, Forcing it to Close"

http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/14565-300-manatees-huddle-together-in-warm-florida-spring-forcing-it-to-close

I'd bet your sea slugs might have some temperature [re]action stuff going on, too.

LOL, VIVA!

Anyway, the slugs or whatever are really pretty.

@Viva
Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus... OOPPS Wrong Discussion.
The Sea Hares don't seem to have eyes, although this one looks like he has a sinister one but it's only the coloring in just the right position. I shot a lot more of them (don't know why) and looked close with the zoom lens didn't see them looking back, thank goodness. This guy's head looks like a dragon. Speaking of guys, anyone know how to check which sex they are? Mike?
Have we had enough on hares and slugs and frogs and slime?
BTW, Babe Ruth knew all about them... He was a slugger. LOL



Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

only one way to know. put two in a box and see if you get more.

makes an interesting valentines gift.

---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

this is the only real hare i got.


---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

The Buck stops hare.



Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

"...anyone know how to check which sex they are? "



Probably have to use a similar method as when squirrel hunting. Some seasons only allow shooting male squirrels, so you have to shake the tree and see if nuts rattle. Grab the Sea Hares, shake 'em, listen for distinct noises. ;)

Thanks, Bob.........I think...............am cracking up hare, it is soo funny, xxxLisa..........why not !!
Greg......there are some things I refuse to grab !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny thread....

What are they....slimy things.

My son ate a garden slug....age two....it was the grossest thing ever. I still shutter and he's in his 30's....btw, he now a biologist, go figure.

Cheers, Barbara

I'll try most any food, you never know when you'll end up loving something. But I have one firm gourmet rule... if it's moving... I ain't eating it (unless someone is just swinging it in my face). And BTW, NO BUGS dead or alive, even covered with chocolate or smothered in bacon.

Bob
http://bobsphotography.com

I agree with you Bob.......if it moves"I ain't eat'n".

Leave wildlife alone and go to some store selling regular old fashioned salutered pigs,cows and chickens to eat. Fish is available too which saves the trouble of hunting and fishing.

There are too many people today and not enough wildlife and wild fish to feed them.

They are Sea Hares. When they want to move quickly they fly through the water and look so graceful compared to what they look like on the sea bed.