BIG Worm!

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:53 am

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...

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:25 am

(Sounder makes a note to himself - do not use p-valve in Monterey)

nwscubamom · Post by **nwscubamom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:40 pm

Dave, I don't think Leslie is on this board.

- Janna

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:56 pm

I posted it on the other board as well, but she hasn't responded so far.

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:17 pm

Leslie travels a lot, maybe she is hunting for worms in tropical waters ...

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:08 pm

Jan K wrote:Leslie travels a lot, maybe she is hunting for worms in tropical waters ...

If that's the case, then I'm really jealous!

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:07 pm

dwashbur wrote:
Jan K wrote:Leslie travels a lot, maybe she is hunting for worms in tropical waters ...
If that's the case, then I'm really jealous!

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 · Post by **dwashbur** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:09 pm

Okay, you totally floored me with that one!

coachrenz · Post by **coachrenz** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:24 pm

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.