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30-04-2009, 09:37 AM
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| | | Unidentified fish/mollusk eggs?
Can any one identify these mysterious egg (presumably) clusters found at low tide on a beach near Broadstairs in kent??? Egg clusters placed on a pile of laver seaweed for contrast.   
Last edited by themoth; 30-04-2009 at 09:47 AM.
Reason: wrong image code initially
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30-04-2009, 10:51 AM
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| | | Re: Unidentified fish/mollusk eggs?
Squid eggs?
Great photos  |
30-04-2009, 02:29 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified fish/mollusk eggs?
yep squid eggs
Cracking pic's |
30-04-2009, 03:11 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified fish/mollusk eggs?
Cool photo! Look like squid eggs to me too, although i've never seen them in this country before nice one! |
30-04-2009, 05:40 PM
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Thanks VERY MUCH for knowledgeable comments!
How the heck do you know this!? Squid Eggs |
30-04-2009, 07:33 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified fish/mollusk eggs?
We get squid eggs laid on crabpots in deep water. Should be later in the year really but over the past few years we have started finding them all the time.
When one squid decides on a suitable place others often lay their eggs alongside.
The eggs darken as they age. The attachment 'glue' contains some substance which quickly 'eats away' at steel.
Cuttlefish eggs will start appearing soon. Black and hang in bunches, almost like grapes. |
30-04-2009, 10:18 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified fish/mollusk eggs?
I've seen them in books and on the Blue Planet There's one episode in that series which shows squid mating in tropical water. It's obviously different species, but the capsules look just the same as yours. |
30-04-2009, 10:21 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified fish/mollusk eggs?
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Originally Posted by themoth  | Once seen, never forgotten! I too found some washed up on the beach near Brighton Marina (just a little further along the coastline from the ones pictured in your link at Shoreham) a few years ago and a local fisherman ID them for me! | | |
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