I don't remember exactly how the topic came up between us, but last night Cute Hubby asked me if I'd ever seen hairy balls at the beach, stop laughing and pay attention. This immediately put the image in my head of some awful old dude on the nude beach, but I said no. I swear to g*d I have no idea what he's talking about. He says that they're like hairy sponges and that he used to throw them around the beach in France. They're composed out of some kind of seaweed or something like that. How about you guys? Ever seen hairy balls at the beach? Cute Hubby is banking on some of my European followers knowing. How about it?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Hairy Balls on the Beach
I don't remember exactly how the topic came up between us, but last night Cute Hubby asked me if I'd ever seen hairy balls at the beach, stop laughing and pay attention. This immediately put the image in my head of some awful old dude on the nude beach, but I said no. I swear to g*d I have no idea what he's talking about. He says that they're like hairy sponges and that he used to throw them around the beach in France. They're composed out of some kind of seaweed or something like that. How about you guys? Ever seen hairy balls at the beach? Cute Hubby is banking on some of my European followers knowing. How about it?
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never heard of them.
That picture is in fact NOT what comes to mind when I think of hairy balls on a beach.
That title grosses me out.
Nope, but seeing is believing
I actually have seen hairy balls on the beach... and they're definitely NOT the ones you're referencing. Remember that time in France when we visited the nude beach. Yea... it's engraved in my head forever.
I've seen seastars, dried pieces of decomposed crabs, jelly-fish and shelves but hairy balls ? Uh uh, can't recall those !
Maybe those were the christmas ornaments of a tree that has sunken down with it's steamer and over the years, they got covered in greasy layer of seaweed and stuff and then decided to come ashore during high-tide ?
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nah !
I think Sponge Bob Square Pants is missing a couple of those.
Poseidonia oceanica. It comes from a plant in the sea like but not sea grass called Poseidonia oceanica. . Important plant as good breeding ground for sea creatures like sea horses. We get them a lot on our beach here in the south west of Western Australia
Thank you Carol, I appreciate your comment. It's always good to learn something new.
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