Carrying thier goodies...

[Diana]

Here's a couple of our urchins carrying around thier fave goodies. I thought they were cute pics.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/urchin1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/urchin2.jpg



:)
-Diana

[TeknoPunk]

nice... my red tuxedo urchin carries alot of stuff too I think it's funny :)

[asherah]

That's funny lol
But how do they get stuff to stick to them ? Do they just spear it with their spines ?

asherah

[04scoobysti]

I think they use tube feet just like star fish.

[Ya Dude]

Ya they take a run at a shell and spear right through it

[Diana]

Hehe....

yeah 04scoobysti is right, they hold on with thier little tube feet, which are located all the way from the mouth at the bottom to the anus at the top. :P


:)

[Mikee]

lol, mines always carring something around! quite funny to see what hes carrying around each day :).

[Diana]

Today one found a little chunk of epoxy... its quite ugly and I wish he would drop it. hehe.

[TeknoPunk]

I hear your urchin is in good health if it carries things around for camouflage... if it doesn't carry anything around it is sick or dying

[Redrover]

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k81/Redrover_02/DSCN0058.jpg

[Raf]

i heard the collector urchins(colored one) can strip coraline off of rocks. Anyone seen this occur?

[NateL]

They are quite amusing sometimes. I have had our urchin grab a frag from under our rockwork that I couldnt reach. Most recently Elmer got a hold of a mushroom. The mushroom would expand during the day and shrink up at night.
http://bellinghamss.com/uploads/261107/6521012.jpeg