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Red Pill Poet's avatar

Love this bit: "They are edged with iridescence, / rescued from the grotesque / by a green-gold shimmer."

And to think they also live up to a depth of 3 kilometres ... incredible!

Peppy Scott's avatar

I can't say my ENTIRE world was turned upside down, but I was fascinated by them and why we had never seen them before despite walking on that beach in all weathers all my life. I couldn't believe that nobody else on the beach seemed to notice or care.

Red Pill Poet's avatar

Google AI: "Finding them: People rarely see them alive, but storms can wash them up onto beaches."

Nick Jones's avatar

Obviously a distant relative of Sea Monkeys.

Hattie's Hums's avatar

The kibblemeister says the reason these are rarely seen on the Norfolk/Suffolk coast is because the sea in that region contains lots of catfish and they are very good mousers. When I asked about your sighting he said that it must have been dogfish season, when the catfish are all too scared to hunt. I THINK he is probably lying, but either way he is a niddyet, as any fule kno.

I've never seen a sea mouse but would like to. Are they edible? <3 Hattie xx