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More Sea Life At Wild Dog Creek

March 30, 2018 by Jade Craven Leave a Comment

As you can tell from the sea anemone post, we loved Wild Dog Creek. I had visited this area over 4 years ago looking for hooded plovers. I was only at the start of my nature journey back then and hadn’t developed much of an interest in marine life.

In the years since I’ve had a bad relapse of anxiety so have mostly stuck to my main areas. This is helpful, as there is more than enough to discover in my regular haunts, but it means I miss out on so much more. I do plan to explore other sections of the coastline near Apollo Bay in the future; perhaps doing some longer walks.

Sea Life

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Plaxiphora albida chiton. Nice to find something out of the ordinary!

The below species are onchidella patelloides. They like areas of moderate wave exposure – which this beach definitely has! I initially thought it was an abalone. They are a ‘slug-like mollusc… related to siphonarian limpets. And it breathes air!

Will definitely be returning here on future visits.

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Ones I couldn’t identify

I wasn’t able to identify the following species, however I only had a quick skim through a couple of resources. Uni returns next week which means I’ll have to put my love of nature to the side… but only for 2 months 😉 I should be able to organize everything better once I’m more settled in.

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The pathway from the carpark.

 

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