Terrestrial and Marine Lagomorphs from Der Naturen Bloeme (Add MS 11390) // Jacob van Maerlant (Dutch) // c1300-1325 // The British Library

Watching them in motion, it's easy to see how they get washed up on shore so easily. This little guy was attempting to move with impressive determination, but was unfortunately very much at the whim of the (very light) swell. Lots of getting tipped over, sorry dude.

I make purple rain .

i found a friend at the rock pools

When finding probably-dead gooey things on a beach, do what good scientists do: poke it with a stick from a safe distance until you figure out what it is. This appears to be some sort of sea hare (a sort of underwater slug). It was surprisingly muscular for what essentially appeared to be a bag of jelly. #pokedeadthingswithastick #seahare #beachecosystems #pnw #kitsapcounty #twdeadanimal

Found a few of them washed up on the beach, looked like strange amorphous globsters at first. The fact they were seahares really wasn't apparent until we put them back in the water and could actually see their structure more clearly. Thankfully they mostly seemed to be ok. Seahares are very poisonous to dogs, so it's always a good idea to return them to the water if you find any washed up (though avoid touching sea creatures you can't identify with your bare hands!)