what is this?

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#1 Post by **eric** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:04 am

pretty sure its not a white, skin was too soft and it was more pink than white. found it in a whelk shell while diggin, can anyone tell me what it is? seemed exactly lie an albino king rag :?:

Conor P · #2 Post by **Conor P** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:34 am

I think it is a ragworm that ate a whelk. Well they do have to eat stuff!!

#3 Post by **eric** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:04 pm

yeah im sure its a rag of sorts, the colours very confusing

Conor P · #4 Post by **Conor P** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:05 pm

Well they look that colour when they are wet. Or sick.

It might be sick. Take it to a vet and see if it's alright. :lol:

#5 Post by **eric** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:10 pm

usually their green when sick or breeding, and red when healthy, this guys now in a bait tray to himself, and he seems very lively, the pic aint great, it was very pinky/white

Conor P · #6 Post by **Conor P** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:13 pm

Oh Maybe the whelk is making him turn white.

#7 Post by **eric** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:15 pm

yep, possibly all rag who reside in deep water have no need to turn red like their tidal cousins, evolution?

#8 Post by **stevecrow74** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:26 pm

to me it just looks like a very large maddie, could be a white rag that ate something red :?:

Conor P · #9 Post by **Conor P** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:41 pm

No I now believe it is a rag that ate a whelk and has been found in the shell.

#10 Post by **eric** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:00 pm

the welk was still there and alive, symbiosis i tell ya :P

#11 Post by **brianbru** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:46 pm

its a lug rag hybrid :D :D :D :D

#12 Post by **brianbru** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:08 am

you can call it a "rug worm" :D :D

#13 Post by **boycie89** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:03 pm

i got your pic lastnight eric !!! itsa perfectly normal ragworm ! its just hasnt been in the ground very long !!

#14 Post by **eric** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:12 pm

poor thing, so all he needs is a sun tan and hel be as right as rain :!: :!:

#15 Post by **boycie89** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:37 pm

yep !! :) as you know , ragworm swim in shoals !! and bury as the tide is falling !! you must have just got it at the waters edge !! iv often dug 100 in the 1 hole just like that 1 !!