Random Thought Thread

jlauffer said:
Damn...how many of those things do you have? Or are you reusing them?
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WValtakis said:
There will be soooo much googleying...

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It was a 1500 piece assortment :eek::D
 
abbydaddy said:
Benson X Benson X , moving my response over here since it is off topic.

What part of the PNW are you in? I just ask because I know that I personally have seen goose neck barnacles in archaeological deposits going back a couple thousand years in Oregon. I don't actually know off the top of my head where the cutoff has traditionally been for them. If you are further north, it would be worth my time to look into their range so that I can figure out if they are a useful climate proxy.
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I'm in Washington (Olympia), but the photo was taken in Eagle's Cove on the southern point of San Juan Island.

I asked a "Marine Biologist" on the island what type of barnacle they are, as I'd never seen them before. She told me they are Goose Barnacles, or Gooseneck Barnacles, and they are not native to our region - but I failed to ask what made her assume they are not native. She's the expert, so I just took her word for it.

There are 2 common species:
Pollicipes Pollicipes (most common in Northern Spain and neighboring coastal countries)
Pollicipes Polymerus (NE Pacific Ocean native, from California to southern Alaska)

I did a bit more research last night and learned the Pollicipes Pollicipes are historically popular in Spain as a delicacy, and commonly sourced from the Galician region. There was a company that was importing them from Spain to the US and they had an interesting excerpt on their website:

"While fresh percebes are not available in the U.S. from Galician sources, we recently discovered a source sustainably harvested in Oregon. The wave-battered rocky coast of Oregon is strikingly similar to the coast of Galicia – it is even the nearly the same latitude. Waves from the Pacific smash into the rocks of the area, bathing the percebes in cool, fresh, nutrient rich sea water - creating a habitat much like the one found in Galicia."

I guess our Pollicipes Polymerus species is not considered as palatable, or as delicious as their European cousins for whatever reason.

Here's another link that has some good info. about them:
https://web.archive.org/web/2012021...illopoda/Cirripedia/Pollicipes_polymerus.html
 
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