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#SpeciesSunday: Lugworm (Arenicola marina)
When the tide goes out, coiled 'casts' can be found at the tail end of lugworm burrows. Look out for a small depression in the sand at the head end where the worm has ingested the sand.
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Today's #SpeciesSunday animal likes to live fast & furious!
Common dolphins can swim up to 30 miles per hour & love bow-riding boats and breaching. They are often seen with other marine mammals, sometimes even bow-riding the wake of large whales!
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Today's #SpeciesSunday animal likes to live fast and furious! π¬ποΈ
Common dolphins can swim up to 30 miles per hour and love bow-riding boats and breaching π₯οΈ. They are often seen with other marine mammals, sometimes even bow-riding the wake of large whales! π³
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Did you know fish can have 'beards'?! π§
The five-bearded rockling is named after the five barbels around it's mouth. These are thought to help it locate food such as small fish and crustaceansπ¦.
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Today's #SpeciesSunday critter is the candy-striped flatworm! π¬
π¬ This stunning worm is named after it's distinctive stripes, which it shows off as it seemingly glides around rocks, using cilia on it's underside.
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It's #SpeciesSunday!
Today's species is the peacock worm. π¦β¨
π This worm is very colourful, with a yellow-orange or greyish-purple body and a tentacle crown banded in red, brown and purple, which extends out to filter small food particles from the water.
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Today's #SpeciesSunday animal is named after an π; it's the elephant's hide sponge!
π This large rounded sponge gets its name from the blue-violet or grey colour of its surface, which makes it look like an elephant's ear or hide.
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πMost pink sea fans grow to about 25cm tall, but some have been recorded at a massive 50cm tall & 1m across π! Growing at only 1cm per year, this means the oldest may be over 50 years old!
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It's #SpeciesSunday!
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Pink sea fans are a type of coral that can be found attached to rocks, often at right angles to the current to catch food passing by. They can be pink, orange or white π€ & are very fragile so should not be touched.
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#SPECIESSUNDAY!
Have you ever wandered along the beach, with these guys under foot? They are the casts of sand mason worms. Find out more about them here: https://t.co/k6CPZ2GA2q
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