Georgia tells me they are Ghost Shrimp. Now that makes sense.
Here is what is looks like up close.
At a teacher's workshop a few years back Georgia was able to dig one up for us.
Here is a ghost shrimp. The other thing is a fancy tube a worm built to decorate it's tunnel.
I looked up Ghost Shrimp in Georgia's Amazing Coast. I found out it is a subterranean animal. It tunnels under the sand on our beaches. To quote the book. "It extracts bacteria and detritus from the mud for nurishment."
My goodness, there is so much to learn and understand.
I love watching shorebirds. They are the ultimate travelers. Dunlins and Western Sandpipers along with other shorebirds winter along our Georgia coast. In April and May, they change from brown things into stunning birds. About that time, they leave. They are on amazing flights over the continent to their nesting grounds. How do they do that flight? What on our beaches & marshes sustains them? I have so many questions. I hope you all don't mind if I throw them out every once in a while. Let's see if we can learn more together.
1 comment:
Oh thanks for the more in depth..I finally have wifi and could see the video ..and curious bubbles..
mystery solved..
strange looking shrimp indeed.
Thanks for the closer look and ID of the shorebirdies.
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