Learn all about the denizens of Puget Sound, letting you into the secrets of sea and land life from the tiniest fish to the largest mammal. This is your portal to the Trail Tales Creature Features.
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At the beach, search among rocks and in tidepools, and you may see what look like clusters of flowers. Could…Read More
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Learn a bit about barnacles, and you'll never take them for granted again. At the beach, those hard, white or…Read More
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Picture a straightened and very slender version of a seahorse floating upright in the water, and you'll have the Pipefish.…Read More
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Although also known as "sand fleas," unlike true fleas these animals aren’t insects at all. They’re crustaceans related to barnacles…Read More
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Look at that sturdy black body, that powerful red-orange beak, those stocky pink legs and red-ringed yellow eyes. It's the…Read More
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The Blue Mussel is found almost everywhere there's saltwater and something to attach to. It's a two-shelled creature, or "bivalve,"…Read More
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Look closely under rocks at low tide, and you may find one of Puget Sound's most ancient creatures. "Lampshell" is…Read More
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Of Puget Sound's 500 seaweed species, one especially grabs our attention. Walk the beach in fall or winter, and you're…Read More
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The Caspian Tern is a seabird you can spot around Puget Sound from spring to fall. Of the world's 44…Read More
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Could that thing moving in the tidepool really be a rock covered with seaweed? More likely it’s the little crab…Read More
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Puget Sound abounds in creatures both beautiful and superbly camouflaged. In places like Padilla Bay the waving strands of thin…Read More
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Marine scientists once thought the pink or reddish purple blotches lining tidepools were corals, tiny colonial creatures. In fact, these…Read More
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You can see the colorful plumes of the Feather Duster Worm in tidepools and on dock pilings. Puget Sound is…Read More
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Unlike worms in your garden, Flatworms are oval, are not divided into segments, and are usually very small. But if…Read More
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This predatory carnivorous snail eats almost anything, including its own egg-capsules. The Dogwinkle's main foods are acorn barnacles and mussels.…Read More
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The Giant Pacific Octopus is the largest of the world's 300 octopus species. This eight-armed relative of clams and snails…Read More
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