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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanApr 25, 09 Comments Off
 sea-urchin Good morning from little o’l Curacao! Too busy last night to get this out and have to hurry this morning as well as work is a calling! I found this super cool sea urchin last night as I was leaving the Sea Aquarium. At first glance I thought it was just a dead crab laying on the rocks but with a closer look found out it was a molted crab shell being used for camouflage! What a great disguise! The crabs around here lose their shells or molt as it’s called quite regularly and we see their old shells floating everywhere but have never seen one used as sea urchin clothing before? His buddies must be so jealous! If you look to the top left corner of the photo you can see another urchin laying just under the water line with piles of sea weed and kelp attached to his shell not nearly as attractive and clever as a dead crab shell! These urchins pretty much just stick to one area most of the day and slowly move around eating whatever is attached to the rock, like slime. They have to be careful because if they release their grip on the rock to much a wave could hit them and turn them upside down leaving their bellies exposed to predators.
I have to run, have a wonderful weekend, talk to you again this evening. Sunny regards, Barry
04-24-2009
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