Tag: Sea Stars
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Can I Touch Sea Stars at the Tide Pools?
The short answer: Usually, yes! Long answer: Sea stars are some of the most fascinating animals in the tide pools. They are often the biggest animals casual beachgoers will see, so it’s common to ask whether it is safe to touch or hold them. Generally, you can gently touch the sea stars you see in…
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What are Echinoderms?
For the beginner tidepooler, one of the most exciting animals to find is the sea star: large, colorful, bizarre and beautiful. There are no terrestrial sea stars. Neither are there any freshwater sea stars. Only in the sea can you find one of these animals. The sea stars, and many other animals you will see…
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The Pacific Intertidal Keystone: Ochre Sea stars
Sea stars are a fan favorite, especially among children visiting the tide pools for a variety of reasons including size, color, and texture. In SoCal, it used to be that you were almost guaranteed to see an ochre sea star on a visit to the tide pools. Such is not the case anymore in our…
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Tide Pooling Log: Buggy’s Beach, Ketchikan, AK
The Pacific Northwest is famed for its abundance of life in the intertidal and while visiting Alaska’s inside passage, I knew I had to find a place to go tide pooling. Thanks to a helpful Luan Roberts (@Luanimal, of Nature Lookings), I found a beach near Ketchikan, far outside the touristy area that I could…
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Tide Pooling: to Touch or Not to Touch?
What you can touch— and what you shouldn’t touch— while exploring the tide pools is a common question and the answer is more complicated than you might think. Especially when taking kids to the tide pools, it’s difficult to know how much to restrain their curiosity for their safety and how much to encourage them…
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