Wednesday, July 1, 2009

sea a·nem·o·ne ~

sea a·nem·o·ne ~


sea animal resembling flower: a solitary and often colorful sea animal with a squat cylindrical body topped by a ring of tentacles that attaches itself to rock or other nonliving material. Order Actiniaria.




Colonies and colonies of anemone(s) on rocks and scattered all over the sand. We read that they clump up in separate (but equal, I'm sure) colonies and do not co-mingle.








Green balls of goo....amazing, green balls of goo! Then it appeared! Magenta, magenta tentacles hidden from view.







And yes, the ugly American and her pointy index finger...





touching sea anemone to see the sphincter-like contraction...







contracting tighter than a ___________? (you fill in the blank ~ everything I came up with was pretty vulgar)




Moving past the ugly to find the beauty...














We were awestruck by the beauty, the magenta, the movement in the waves...








...spending hours watching their graceful dance...






1 comment:

  1. molester of sea life! I hope you got your jollies, they looked as though they enjoyed it....backdoor girl!

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