We checked and the 'penis fish' story is 100% true. Oh and they're actually called 'fat inkeeper worms.'
The seagulls were feasting on fat 10-inch-long innkeeper worms that were spread across the beach for miles. Some were clearly dead, but a few were bright red — a sign they were still alive. A stench that Ford described as “dead sea creature smell” hung in the air as the birds swarmed.
“All the seagulls had been eating them until they just couldn’t stand it anymore,” Ford said. “I walked for 40 minutes, and I didn’t get to the end of them.”, which runs a column called “Ask a Naturalist” to find out why the sea creatures ended up on the beach., are a species of marine spoonworm that live between southern Oregon and Baja California. The worms, which are not often seen because they live burrowed in the sand, have been spotted between Bodega Bay and Monterey.
However, strong storms and heavy surf can dislodge the creatures from their burrows, leaving them visible to people on the shore. “So, whether or not you feel privileged by its presence, U. caupo is an almost uniquely California experience, perhaps having the best claim for State Worm,” Parr wrote. Ford, who has dabbled in photography for the past decade, often goes to the beach to get shots of the“There’s always wonders of the ocean, but this is one I hadn’t seen before,” he said. “The ocean really is a wondrous place.”
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