{"id":2616,"date":"2010-08-17T19:50:20","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T23:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2013-05-18T10:35:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T14:35:53","slug":"what-is-this-stuff-on-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/what-is-this-stuff-on-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"What is this Stuff on the Beach?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2622\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-surfing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2622\" data-attachment-id=\"2622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/what-is-this-stuff-on-the-beach\/sea-pork-surfing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-surfing.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1262363937&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Pork surfing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sea Pork surfing&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-surfing-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2622  \" title=\"Sea Pork surfing\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-surfing-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-surfing-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-surfing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-surfing.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Pork surfing<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2623\" style=\"width: 388px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-tarish.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2623\" data-attachment-id=\"2623\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/what-is-this-stuff-on-the-beach\/sea-pork-tarish\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-tarish.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"975,1251\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1262363741&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Pork tarish\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This Sea Pork looks like a tarish&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-tarish-798x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2623  \" title=\"Sea Pork tarish\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-tarish-798x1024.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-tarish-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-tarish.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Sea Pork looks like tar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Is it an organ of a marine animal on the beach? Is it a tar ball that got washed up on the beach? Is it the beginning of another\u00a0attack of\u00a0The Blob? Nope, it is Sea Pork. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tunicate\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TUNICATE<\/strong><\/a>. They are rubbery globs of cellulose that house tiny <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gulfspecimen.org\/SeaSquirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">zooids<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> that filter seawater as food. Wild! \u00a0If you want more technical info visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitchellspublications.com\/guides\/shells\/articles\/0084\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mitchellspublications.com\/guides\/shells\/articles\/0084\/<\/a> . For me? I just like to look at their weirdness. Have you seen them on the beach too?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2621\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-spongy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2621\" data-attachment-id=\"2621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/what-is-this-stuff-on-the-beach\/sea-pork-spongy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-spongy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1279755889&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Pork spongy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This Sea Pork looks like a sponge&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-spongy-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2621 \" title=\"Sea Pork spongy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-spongy-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-spongy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-spongy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-spongy.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Sea Pork looks like a sponge<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2620\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-orange.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2620\" data-attachment-id=\"2620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/what-is-this-stuff-on-the-beach\/sea-pork-orange\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-orange.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1279752696&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Pork orange\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sea Pork orange&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-orange-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2620 \" title=\"Sea Pork orange\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-orange-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-orange-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-orange-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-orange.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Pork orange<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2619\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-curly.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2619\" data-attachment-id=\"2619\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/what-is-this-stuff-on-the-beach\/sea-pork-curly\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-curly.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1279756062&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Pork curly\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sea Pork curly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-curly-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2619 \" title=\"Sea Pork curly\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-curly-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-curly-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-curly-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-curly.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Pork curly<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2618\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-pork-brainy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2618\" data-attachment-id=\"2618\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/what-is-this-stuff-on-the-beach\/sea-pork-brainy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-pork-brainy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD450&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1262363496&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea pork brainy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sea pork brainy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-pork-brainy-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2618 \" title=\"Sea pork brainy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-pork-brainy-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-pork-brainy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-pork-brainy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-pork-brainy.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea pork brainy<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2617\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-blacl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2617\" data-attachment-id=\"2617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/what-is-this-stuff-on-the-beach\/sea-pork-blacl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-blacl.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1279756373&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Pork blacl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-blacl-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2617\" title=\"Sea Pork blacl\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-blacl-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-blacl-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-blacl-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Sea-Pork-blacl.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Pork black<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it an organ of a marine animal on the beach? Is it a tar ball that got washed up on the beach? Is it the beginning of another\u00a0attack of\u00a0The Blob? Nope, it is Sea Pork. It&#8217;s a TUNICATE. They are rubbery globs of cellulose that house tiny zooids that filter seawater as food. Wild! 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