One day’s exploration left her with a large list of species and creatures. She also talks about the sea goo that may make you slip and fall while checking out these colonies of wonders yourself. Many of Boothe’s notes come from simply wandering and exploring coastal tide pools, checking out the massive variety of life forms to be discovered. Of course scallops and other clams: Rock Scallop, Pink Scallop, Razor Clams, Cockle Clams, Goeducks, Butter Clams, etc. Individually they are five inches high and four inches wide. These are one of the world's largest barnacles. They are able to re-generate them in six to eight weeks. An odd little tidbit: when threatened, the California Sea Cucumber will eject their internal organs. This is the largest species of sea cucumber in Oregon’s waters.
Seaweeds such as Sea Lettuce and Bull Kelp. Mussels (some people know that these are edible but some do not). On average, other species of chitons are about 2 to 3 inches long. These are the largest species of chitons in the world reaching lengths of 13 inches. Would you like a little jellyfish with your sea cucumber? She says the following can be consumed by us humans, stuff that most people aren’t aware are edible: The table is set for quite the freaky feast. She wanders the beaches, photographing and looking carefully in the sand and tide pools, and then she plants herself in front of a computer and cruises the Net for the science behind what she’s found.īoothe’s research has come up with a list of edibles from the tide pool. Like what are the life spans of some of these odd creatures that wander in and out of the sea, like birds or clams? And just how fast does a starfish move?īoothe, a tireless mind always in search of the next cool factoid about the marine world, collects these funky facts like some people collect hubcaps. Then there are the other wonders you probably never stopped to think about at your feet. “You can eat almost all species of snails, clams, octopi and fish. “It’s obvious that most things are edible - it's whether or not you like them,” said aquarium education specialist Tiffany Boothe. (Oregon Coast) – Be careful as you tread on Oregon’s beaches: you could be walking on someone else’s next meal.Īccording to the Seaside Aquarium, there are lots of edible things you can find on the beach. Sea cucumbers: not only are they edible but they're almost cute
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Have Your Tide Pool and Eat It Too - Plus Other Oregon Coast Wonders