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Turns out those bugs were amphipods and they can live on the beach and IN the water too...which is how they became the baby cuttlefish's breakfast!
What's a cuttlefish, you ask? A cuttlefish is not a fish nor something you probably want to cuddle no matter how really cute the are. Cuttlefish are actually related to octopuses and squid and have 8 arms, 2 tenticals, suckers and ink projection they use when frightened.
What's up!! Today I followed the journal to Jacobs Point in Warren. This is a great place just around the corner from the Audubon Center and right off the East Bay bike path. The explorers were collecting amphipods; little creatures that live along the shore.
Jacob's Point
Cuttlefish are really good at camouflage. Can you see one under this arch?
As I came ashore I spotted some humans lifting up rocks and dried up seaweed that was caked on the beach. I wondered what they were up to. So I got a little closer and saw they were dancing with white nets trying to catch tiny little bouncing bugs. Al I could wonder was, why?
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So I followed the people back to a lab, where the were feeding the bugs to tiny little cuttlefish!!!
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