Some Natural History, Part 1 ... Semaphore Beach stuff

We have been walking the Semaphore Beach for six years now, and we have seen many interesting things washed up there.

Apparently this is the claw of the aptly named blue claw crab.

This is one of the stranger looking things we've seen... apparently these are compound ascidians, which are made up of very small animals (zooids) living together in a jelly-like matrix.

This is also one of the strangest... apparently it is a cluster of calamari eggs.

This is some kind of stingray, apparently there are many species common to South Australia.

This is some type of puffer fish. Apparently poisonous.

If you become a Semaphore Beach comber, you will see a lot of brightly colored red seaweed.

You may also encounter a lot of tubular sponge-like thingies.

There will be a lot of crabs and crab shells.

This is a "coffin ray", so named because its electric shock can kill someone.

Of course there are heaps of shells.

This jellyfish was the size of a dinner plate.

As you can see, all kinds of beautiful things wash up on Semaphore Beach!