The mottled sea hare is a sea slug. It feeds on grasses, algae, etc. it’s very hard to tell but this is the front, if you will. There are two tentacles on the front that it uses to eat with. It has “wings” that it uses to swim with. I’ve gone snorkeling in some of the back bays and come across groups of these, it’s really cool to watch them sort of float/swim/glide from plant to plant. They even release an ink of sorts when disturbed, it’s red-purple and they get it from the red algae they consume. Humans can pick them up carefully, but keep your pets clear, they are extremely toxic to dogs. Even just sniffing/licking can be very dangerous.
This one got washed up on the shore, so I scooped it up and tried to put it back in the water but once something like this gets into the breakers it’s pretty hard to keep it from coming back, I need a kayak to get past the waves really. It will end up right back here again unfortunately.
I’m going beachcombing again today and plan to take a Cambro container w me in case I see another one, I can put it in a quieter part of the surf with better success hopefully. I’ll post more photos if I see one.
I post a lot here, and just want to make sure I’m not spamming y’all’s feeds, btw. If I am let me know and I’ll tone it down. I try to only do 3-4 of them to keep it reasonable but I have enough photos from my visits to really wreck some feeds. Sorry if I am.
They're really getting desperate. 
Long Claw Hermit crab. These tiny little guys only get about an inch long. Their right claw is a bit longer than the left, which they use to block the shell opening against predators. This one was plodding along the waters edge when I found it. It is living in a Cancellate Whelk shell.
Parchment Worms are filter feeders. They live inside these tubes here, in the sand, or attached to rocks. They can get to about two feet long, and about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Occasionally the worms vacate the tubes, and they end up getting washed ashore. You can usually find these all over the shoreline and lot of folks think its just plastic garbage. They usually have bits of sand, rocks, algae etc stuck to their outsides but by the time they wash ashore they have been tumbled and scoured so heavily that the only thing left really is the tube itself.
Last naturepost for now. Ill be back later to shit up your feed some more.
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