Bryozoans (raccoon)

[fisheye]

Many of us have seen the smaller clusters. I always thought they were some form of fish or frog eggs. I also never saw one of the larger ones like is pictured in this article:https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/an...very-vancouver. According to that article: "The brain-shaped blob, composed of thousands or even millions of smaller creatures called zooids" Most of the colonies that I have seen are about the size of large frog eggs; with the exception that they were stuck to branches. Most of the frog eggs are just hidden in the algae on the bottom of small ponds.

I only started this thread because on my State Game Commission site they talked about several people inquiring about these blobs of goo they are encountering with the warmer water this year. So; are there more people seeing these?

[PAhippo]

I'm getting a page can't be found message.


now you've got my curiosity up.

can't find anything on youtube, and maybe because I'm tired, but google doesn't help much either.

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by PAhippo

I'm getting a page can't be found message.


now you've got my curiosity up.

can't find anything on youtube, and maybe because I'm tired, but google doesn't help much either.

Thanks! I fixed it!


PS The third picture down in that link is what I am more familiar with.

[PAhippo]

Originally Posted by fisheye

Thanks! I fixed it!


PS The third picture down in that link is what I am more familiar with.

never seen one-or never paid attention. I think we need more of them. Lots more.

[guidoLaMoto]

I never saw any either. They're a very ancient life form. Fascinating.


I'm doing the masonry façade on my new house with flag stone dug up in the excavation: I cracked one open to get the right thickness and found an ancient fossilized horsetail plant staring out at me in relief. Pretty cool.

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by guidoLaMoto

I never saw any either. They're a very ancient life form. Fascinating.


I'm doing the masonry façade on my new house with flag stone dug up in the excavation: I cracked one open to get the right thickness and found an ancient fossilized horsetail plant staring out at me in relief. Pretty cool.

The large ones, the size of a raccoon, are really alien. Without knowing that they are a colony of smaller creatures; one could think they encountered a pod from "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers".


Years ago my mother found a perfect fossilized fish in a rock. She laid it down to finish her walk and then could not find it! I always held it against her!