I think the Sanibel Slippery Noodle Mystery has been solved by Rick Bartleson, a research scientist at the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Marine Laboratory. There is a News Press article to explain.
I found another article that explains in a little more detail, the explanation by Rick Barleson. Evidently, in the winter, a lot of the manatee grass dies and floats to the surface. It then drifts around, getting bleached by the sun. Later, it washes up on the beaches.
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I am glad they found out what it was. I have been curious after looking at all your pictures. Do they know how long it is going to be around?
Brandy I doubt there is any way to determine how long it will be around. Yesterday there didn't seem to be any coming in and what was on the beach was about dried up. Hopefully it will be gone now.
And .....where does it come?,and why is it here/there?The article doesn't say.
So--it's bleached out Manatee grass... Hmmm--never heard of such a thing. Glad they found out what it was!!!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
I wish I could remember where I saw that wormy stuff before if it wasn't on sanibel -- up on the west coast, maybe? Anyway, I knew you'd find the answer, Tootie!
Yuck! It looks worse than Red Algae. I wondered if it was a bleached out version of that.
Expanation or not...it still looks gross. I hope it is gone soon.
Nice to know what it is. Hopefully no more will come in. Looks like there's a LOT of it on the beach right now.
LOL! You do get some strange stuff going on down there! But... it keeps life interesting - and educational! We've all learned about bleached out manatee grass now! And not to worry about it if we ever see it again!
eerie and pretty, nice combo, tootie, for some reason it remended me of the film "The Uninivted" gail russell & ray milland... great ghost story...BOO!
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