Found on a Welsh Beach
Nov 5, 2019 10:02:38 #
Well this is something I never thought I would say ...... “aren’t the hairs on a crabs legs interesting”. Ok so they are probably not hairs but that’s what they look like to me. I wonder how many of the tiny stone-like fragments in the first picture are plastic?
Once again my macro lens has revealed amazing detail I’ve not seen before.
I’ve posted my favourites and a, probably not quite macro, picture of the complete specimen. Hopefully, weather permitting, I’ll go looking for a live one tomorrow.
Once again my macro lens has revealed amazing detail I’ve not seen before.
I’ve posted my favourites and a, probably not quite macro, picture of the complete specimen. Hopefully, weather permitting, I’ll go looking for a live one tomorrow.
Nov 5, 2019 12:41:07 #
I think it is ok to call them hairs. But a variety of other technical names are also used: bristles, setae, etc.
Nice pictures and an interesting post.
Nice pictures and an interesting post.
Nov 5, 2019 18:10:46 #
Nov 6, 2019 08:31:15 #
PaulBa wrote:
Well this is something I never thought I would say... (show quote)
Nice shots! #2 would be a good "guess what I am" photo!
Nov 6, 2019 08:58:42 #
Nov 6, 2019 11:50:35 #
Nov 6, 2019 11:59:03 #
Thanks for taking the time to comment and the kind words Mark, napabob, Linda, raymondh and Jeff D
Much appreciated.
Much appreciated.
Nov 6, 2019 12:32:24 #
Very well done and images of something seldom seen. You're correct about 'microplastics' as a source of ocean pollution that affects a large majority of life now including our own.
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