Vina del mar ... Baby you're a star. + Interesting interminglings

The day at vina was very interesting, we explored a particularly rocky beach formation and traversed in search of snails , octopus, crabs and sea sponges. The search yielded some rather wonderful results.



A black brittlestar age unknown but found in vina del mar and very interesting rocky intertidal creature.






tiny two-spotted octopus is very very cute

Tedania tropicalis looks like a little volcano sponge. It is a rather peculiar little creature, squishy but firm.



Flishy flishy there goes the fishy, this unlucky little guy had a hook stuck in his mouth but thankfully it was pulled out and he was set free to go on his way back into the vast ocean. He appears to be a spotted bay bass.
 
I found the vina environment very interesting and I would love to go back on a boat or even earlier in the day to explore further down the rock formation. The water was very beautiful and it was astonishing to see how many creatures fit in such small spaces. 12/10 would go again.

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