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Moss Beach, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winter 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Crab during the molting process What a rare sight! At first I could not figure out what I was looking at, until it dawned on me... this crab was about to start the molting of its old shell. Minutes later, it was completed and the very dark (compared to its old shell) and still soft crab disappeared under a rock for shelter. |
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Crab almost at completion of molting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Big red Sea Urchin At the waters edge, among dozens of smaller purple sea urchins, we found this big red one. The picture shows the underside of it, with the tiny white dot in the center being 'Aristotle's Lantern'. |
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Batstar This seastar was 'sitting' in one of the many tide-pools found along the rocky coast of the preserve. |
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National Park Service - Opening hours, seasonal guides, hiking maps, etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All images shown above are property of R. Berger. No duplicating or copying without expressed permission, please. Oh ... all animals were left as found (of course!) :) |
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