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Roses Bloom in California Tide Pools
The warm weather in California, has welcomed a new population of pink sea slugs. Honestly, I think the pink sea slugs look really cool! They have been in South California for a while, but recently they have immigrated to Northern parts of California. This is now the biggest population of Rose Sea Slugs since 1977. The sea slugs moving to northern California triggered in numerous coastal species, including gastropods, barnacles, fishes and dolphins. Stewart Schultz and colleagues, John Pearse and Terry Gosliner, among others, were the people who predicted this happening. While southern fishes, birds and mammals have appeared in Northern California as swimming or flying adults, the sea slugs differ because carried northward and onshore by coastal currents. These sea slugs don't live in colder habitats. These Sea Slugs live for a year, maybe less. They like to live in rocky shores, tide pools, and beneath ledges. Scientists recommend checking on local tides predictions and visiting during a minus tide, preferably when both the swell and wind are low.
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