Weird things found on the beach -- okay everybody, we need some help identifying these objects. Our turtle patrol found them on the ocean side beach recently adjacent to a log covered in goose-neck barnacles (no idea if they are connected to the log or if its just a coincidence) So far, we're stumped as to what they might be. They were about 6 inches long and no longer alive. One guess was they might be a form of sea cucumber (or sea slug?), but they couldn't be matched t...o any images that were posted online.
Has anyone seen anything like this along the North Carolina coast (that's the western Atlantic Ocean) before?
Image description: 2 separate images showing long, black creatures with small white spikes (?) along their back (?). The creatures are not identified at this time. Select an image for a closer look.
Image credit: NPS photo/Karen Altman
