Beachcombers Field Guide - Department Of Fisheries Western ...
Beachcombers Field Guide - Department Of Fisheries Western ... Beachcombers Field Guide - Department Of Fisheries Western ...
This series of dried up egg capsules were laid by the giant conch (Syrinx aruanus) – the largest gastropod species in the world. The fi rst fl at egg case (with enclosed eggs) is stuck to a rock or hard substrate by ‘dobs’ of mucous and subsequent egg cases are fastened on one side to the one below, so that the egg mass stands upright. When the eggs in each case hatch, they crawl out as tiny snails (about 2 cm long). Whelk egg case
The bobtail or bluetongue lizard is an omnivorous (plant- and animal-eating) skink, which likes to shelter under dead plants or rubbish and in burrows. Relying on the warmth of its surroundings to maintain body heat, it takes shelter at night and basks in the sun during the day. If you come across a bobtail lizard, don’t be surprised if it hisses and opens its mouth displaying its blue tongue – it is just trying to frighten off a potential predator! Bobtail lizard
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- Page 55 and 56: Razor clam
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- Page 59 and 60: Bluebottle
- Page 61 and 62: Coral
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- Page 75 and 76: The piles of algae and seagrasses f
- Page 77 and 78: Green algae are characteristically
- Page 79 and 80: Found throughout southern Australia
- Page 81 and 82: Brown algae contain most of the lar
- Page 83 and 84: Found throughout Australian waters,
- Page 85 and 86: Red algae are the most numerous of
- Page 87 and 88: Common on rocky reefs, this red alg
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- Page 91 and 92: Strapweed or Posidonia is the only
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- Page 95 and 96: This sausage jelly (as they are som
- Page 97: The catshark is a nocturnal shark,
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The bobtail or bluetongue lizard is an<br />
omnivorous (plant- and animal-eating)<br />
skink, which likes to shelter under dead<br />
plants or rubbish and in burrows. Relying<br />
on the warmth of its surroundings to<br />
maintain body heat, it takes shelter at<br />
night and basks in the sun during the<br />
day. If you come across a bobtail lizard,<br />
don’t be surprised if it hisses and opens<br />
its mouth displaying its blue tongue<br />
– it is just trying to frighten off a<br />
potential predator!<br />
Bobtail lizard
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