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Why Did Thousands Of "Penis Shaped Sea Worms Wash Up On A C
alifornia Beach
By: Curious Date: December 13, 2019, 10:49 pm
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This may just be the weirdest thing you've seen today!
Naturally, 2019 Closes with Thousands of 10-Inch Pulsing “Penis
Fish” Stranded on a California Beach
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I saw thousands of these on Drakes Beach on Dec. 6, after the
recent storm. What happened? -David Ford
You could be forgiven for being offended by the above photo:
thousands of 10-inch wiggly pink sausages strewn about Drakes
Beach. The same phenomenon has been reported over the years at
Pajaro Dunes, Moss Landing, Bodega Bay, and Princeton Harbor.
I’ve heard my share of imaginative theories from beachcombers,
such as flotsam of a wrecked bratwurst freighter. In truth,
these are living denizens of our beaches rudely, yet also
mercifully, mostly called “fat innkeeper worms.”
What in the name of Secretariat is a fat innkeeper worm? The fat
innkeeper worm (Urechis caupo) is a type of spoonworm
(Echiuroidea), an order of non-segmented marine worms identified
by a spatula-shaped proboscis used for feeding and sometimes
grasping or swimming. The fat innkeeper’s family (Urechidae)
contains only four species worldwide, collectively known as
either innkeeper worms or, well, penis fish. This is why we
prefer scientific names. U. caupo is the sole representative in
North America, found only from Southern Oregon to Baja, with the
bulk of sightings between Bodega Bay and Monterey. 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.
Yes, the physical design of the fat innkeeper worm has some
explaining to do. But the fat innkeeper is perfectly shaped for
a life spent underground. Within a beach or mudflat, it digs a
U-shaped burrow extending a few feet in length but no wider than
the worm itself. The burrow’s front entrance pokes up like a
little sand chimney. These can be seen clustered around the low
tide line of a mudflat or sandy beach. The backdoor is marked by
a pile of worm castings, which get projected out the end of the
tunnel with a blast of water from the worm’s hindquarters.
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When the tide is in, the worm slides up to the chimney of its
burrow and exudes a sticky mucous net from a ring of glands.
Sometimes you can see these mucous nets, looking like decaying
jellyfish, draped around the burrow entrance. The worm continues
to secrete as it slips lower into the burrow, generating a
slime-net that stretches from the chimney to the worm’s mouth.
Using contractions (peristalsis) to pump water through its
burrow, the worm sucks plankton, bacteria, and other bits into
this net. When, like any vacuum, the net gets clogged, the worm
slurps it all back into its mouth, taking in the particles it
wants to eat and discarding the rest into the tunnel.
The residual bits don’t go to waste. These leftovers are taken
by a cast of freeloaders who live in the innkeeper’s burrow: a
clam (Cryptomya californica); a “sequined” scale-worm
(Hesperonoe adventor); a pea crab (Scleroplax granulata or
Pinnixa franciscana); a hooded shrimp (Betaeus longidactylus);
and even a fish, the arrow goby (Clevelandia ios). The first
three are residents in the U-shaped Hotel California, whereas
the shrimp and goby come and go, the latter mooching off other
industrious invertebrates. The goby may even bring food to the
crab, who minces it into smaller pieces, which the goby steals.
In turn, these tenants give the fat innkeeper its preferred
name.
Apparently, the fat innkeeper takes no (or little) issue in
being the one team player amongst a bunch of clingers-on. In
fact, it’s the textbook example of commensalism – a relationship
in which (simply put) one organism forms a dependency on
another, the latter being neither helped nor severely hurt in
the relationship. Lucky it.
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More on link :o
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Re: Why Did Thousands Of "Penis Shaped Sea Worms Wash Up On
A California Beach
By: Curious Date: December 13, 2019, 11:07 pm
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OMG, a recipe for these horrible things ...
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Fresh King PENIS FISH (Spoon Worm) Sashimi - Korean Street Food
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Re: Why Did Thousands Of "Penis Shaped Sea Worms Wash Up On
A California Beach
By: guest4 Date: December 14, 2019, 2:55 pm
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They're horrid.
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Re: Why Did Thousands Of "Penis Shaped Sea Worms Wash Up On
A California Beach
By: Curious Date: December 14, 2019, 8:59 pm
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Another horrid vid for that nasty thing showing it being cooked
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Re: Why Did Thousands Of "**** Shaped Sea Worms Wash Up On
A California Beach
By: Voice of Reason Date: December 6, 2025, 3:06 pm
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The mental illness is spreading. Opie you are retarded and
mentally unstable
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