Mucking around in the eel-grass beds at the low tide, water deceptively warm, I guess the vegetation trapped the heat. Later stood in the sand near a beached jellyfish to see how it became free again, tides coming in from two sides until the sandbar was inundated, water incredibly cold, above my knees at one point. Jellyfish was eventually freed, a very passive process, completely by the action of the crossing waves. I couldn't tell if it was still alive or not, the incoming waves battered it back and forth. I wasn't sure what type of sting it had, so at that point I got out of it's way.
Here is a picture of a moon snail egg case, followed by a moon snail. This is the first live moon snail I've seen. Someone had handled it, so I'm not sure if survived after this point. Apparently, they are too big for their shells. The red crab is also alive, eventually tried to hide under some turkish towel seaweed.
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| Moon snail egg case, July 13/L Herlevi 2014 |
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| Live moon snail, July 13/L Herlevi 2014 |
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| Red Crab, July 13/L Herlevi 2014 |
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