{"id":63129,"date":"2019-12-13T01:50:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T01:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63129"},"modified":"2019-12-13T01:50:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T01:50:35","slug":"thousands-penis-fish-wash-onto-california-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63129","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of \u2018penis fish\u2019 wash onto California beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a bird \u2026 it\u2019s a plane \u2026 it\u2019s a penis fish?<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of \u201cpulsing penis fish\u201d have washed ashore on a California beach as seen in jarring photos that are raising eyebrows due to the creature\u2019s phallic shape.<\/p>\n<p>The quirky marine life is officially called fat innkeeper worms (Urechis caupo), and\u00a0an expert writes for Bay Nature\u00a0that he believes a recent storm in the Drakes Beach area is the reason so many of them mysteriously appeared on the beach.<\/p>\n<p>Spotted by Ivan Parr on Dec. 6, the biologist from the Western Section of The Wildlife Society explains that the 10-inch fat innkeeper worm typically lives underwater, burrowing in mud or sand, but the storm likely carried them ashore.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard my share of imaginative theories from beachcombers, such as flotsam of a wrecked bratwurst freighter,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n<p>However, Parr explains that a sausage ship accident is not the cause of this scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing the risk of building your home out of sand,\u201d he says. \u201cStrong storms \u2014 especially during El Ni\u00f1o years \u2014 are perfectly capable of laying siege to the intertidal zone, breaking apart the sediments, and leaving their contents stranded on shore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The spoonworm, which can live for up to 25 years, feeds and swims using its \u201cspatula-shaped proboscis.\u201d It typically eats bacteria, plankton and other small particles which it collects using \u201csticky mucus nets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parr says he\u2019s heard of sightings over the years in California<\/p>\n<p>The creature dates back 300 million years and also can be eaten \u2014 an anonymous colleague at The Post who has dined on a stir-fried fat innkeeper worm before in Shanghai, China, describes the taste as being \u201clike a Livestrong band mated with a clam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a bird \u2026 it\u2019s a plane \u2026 it\u2019s a penis fish? Thousands of \u201cpulsing penis fish\u201d have washed ashore on a California beach as seen in jarring photos that are raising eyebrows due to the creature\u2019s phallic shape. The quirky marine life is officially called fat innkeeper worms (Urechis caupo), and\u00a0an expert writes for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[4030],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thousands of \u2018penis fish\u2019 wash onto California beach - TheFastFashion.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63129\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thousands of \u2018penis fish\u2019 wash onto California beach - TheFastFashion.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s a bird \u2026 it\u2019s a plane \u2026 it\u2019s a penis fish? 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