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Naturalists bring to light a usually hidden world of marine wonders
Another world comes out during the extreme ebb tides of spring and summer on Puget Sound, when geoducks poke their siphons into the air, purple sea stars cling to the undersides of rocks and tiny green shrimp flit about tide pools.This is the perfect time to pull on rubber boots and explore the fascinating margin between land and sea, and it helps if you have someone along who knows his or her way around a beach, like the two naturalists who led a recent shoreline walk at Discovery Park in Seattle.This year, naturalists are leading low tide beach walks at Discovery Park and at Me Kwa Mooks Park in West Seattle, and naturalists also will be on hand during minus tides at several area parks in a separate program conducted by the and King County.The notion is to introduce the public to the rich intertidal marine life in the saltwater around the places where people live."It's important for the michael kors hamilton satchel public michael kors bedford ostrich tote to be aware that there is a huge diversity of amazing animals that actually live here on our own beaches," said , one of naturalists http://daykamp.com/online.html on the recent Discovery Park beach walk. "Our hope is that through these michael kors hamilton bag programs people will not only appreciate that life, but will actually learn to care for that life and michael kors iphone case treat it gently."As a minus 3.4 foot tide receded toward the michael kors bedford navigation buoy off West Point, and sailboats offshore leaned into an easy breeze, it was immediately obvious that young and old found these creatures compelling. Kids in rubber boots splashed off toward tide pools, clamoring with delight at sightings of orange bellied chitons, purple sea michael kors jet set wallet stars and busy little hermit crabs in snail shells.And a chorus of drawn out oooooohhhhhhs!!! broke out as a group of adults approached a huge geoduck with several inches of its creamy white, black tipped siphon lying on the sand."It's huge!" exclaimed of Beacon Hill."That's quite a find," said , michael kors purses cheap the other park naturalist.In Stewart's hands, every shell told a story. A hole in michael kors large hamilton tote a clamshell revealed its demise at the tongue of a moon snail."They have kind of like a razor blade tongue, or radula," explained Stewart. "They drill a hole in the shell and insert an enzyme that dissolves the clam, then suck it out."A large black mussel michael kors iphone 5 case shell might well have been opened by a sea star. "They take their arms and wrap them around the shell to pry it open, then actually insert their stomachs into the mussel," Stewart noted. "It sounds gross, I know!"At the outset, participants were asked to walk softly and treat the creatures with care."Walk carefully and respect the life that is there," Stewart said. "We can see what creatures are left on the beach when the michael kors wallet sale water has receded. But these crabs, the fish in tide pools, they're vulnerable. Touch very lightly michael kors totes and always put back things we pick up."Two miles of Puget Sound beach edge the 534 acres of Discovery Park, punctuated by the beacon of the West Point Lighthouse. The south beach is largely sandy at low tide, while the north beach is rocky."Personally, I think it's the best park in Seattle," Stewart said. "It's got the best views. Go to the edge of the bluff and you have great views of Puget Sound. There's always something going on. It's always fun. The michael kors grayson medium satchel beach is one of four habitats in the park, along with meadows, ponds and forest."Curious critters seemed to michael kors tote sale be in michael kors skorpios handbag every tide pool. Sea stars appeared to be a favorite of the kids, who michael kors belts for men also thrilled to a phosphorescent green moonglow anemone. A tiny hermit crab inside a barnacle proved a michael kors bedford satchel major curiosity."Look at that!" said Miller with the enthusiasm of a shoreside Mr. Rogers. "A hermit crab inside a barnacle! I've never seen that. Isn't that funny?"Besides the critters, it was special simply to be out on the beach on a sunny day.Three year old cherub Sierra Peter Contesse of Bellevue michael kors jet set medium tote had as much fun splashing around in her rubber boots, "because I like it," she explained.Related articals：
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
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