Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Dead or alive?

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Not sure if these urchin are dead or alive. But my son is good at finding them.


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11 comments:

  1. I'd say alive--they look moist

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  2. They are so pretty! (I know, I'm weird)

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  3. Great finds! I have always seen them dead and dried.

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  4. Alive. They dry up and lose all/most of their spines pretty quickly when dead. AAAAAANNNNNNDDDDD... I know because once I thought one was dead, so I took it for my collection, and it wasn't. But it obviously died, and it smelled horrendous. I felt horrible, but the stench was worse than how bad I felt for killing it.

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  5. Never seen these before. They look interesting, dead or alive... :)

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  6. Another vote for alive. Great shots!

    LOL@Louise... live and learn right?

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  7. Yikes! Beautiful photos, but I don't want to get too close!

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  8. i so enjoy your nature photos...those are awesome shots.

    one love.

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  9. They look alive to me. They are a lovely color.

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  10. My first thought was that it's alive. I don't think I'd like to touch it though?

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  11. Alive perhaps, but my guess is not for long. Sure are pretty though.

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