This guy was at least two feet long. We found him on our surface swim in after a night dive at the Monterey breakwater. He was swimming in a sort of spiraling motion, like a corkscrew or something, I don't know how else to describe it. In our lights, he was mesmerising. I can't help wondering if Leslie is on this board? Anybody else who knows what he is can chime in, of course...
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BIG Worm!
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Dave, I don't think Leslie is on this board.
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I posted it on the other board as well, but she hasn't responded so far.
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Leslie travels a lot, maybe she is hunting for worms in tropical waters ...
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If that's the case, then I'm really jealous!Jan K wrote:Leslie travels a lot, maybe she is hunting for worms in tropical waters ...
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The funny part is, she does not dive ! She is worm expert invited on expeditions, but somewhere I read that she is not certified diver. Well, maybe by now she is ...dwashbur wrote:If that's the case, then I'm really jealous!Jan K wrote:Leslie travels a lot, maybe she is hunting for worms in tropical waters ...
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Okay, you totally floored me with that one!
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leslie has said that most worms can't be positively ID'd to a species level without having the worm in hand.
Therefore, she doesn't need to dive. She would do most of her IDing in a lab with a specimen and a microscope.
BTW - Milton Love, the Rockfish expert, is also not a diver. He does get underwater, in a submersible, and can get to deeper depths than any of us could ever hope to get to.
Therefore, she doesn't need to dive. She would do most of her IDing in a lab with a specimen and a microscope.
BTW - Milton Love, the Rockfish expert, is also not a diver. He does get underwater, in a submersible, and can get to deeper depths than any of us could ever hope to get to.
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