Hundreds of sea urchins wash ashore Patong Beach

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Hundreds of sea urchins wash ashore Patong Beach

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Hundreds of sea urchins lined Patong Beach yesterday (Mar 2). photo: Patong Lifeguards

 

PHUKET: Marine life experts are trying to figure out what caused many hundreds of red sea urchins to wash ashore Patong Beach yesterday (Mar 2).

 

Lifeguards and members of Patong Baywatch discovered the phenomenon after arriving at the beach to begin their patrols yesterday morning.

 

The phenomenon has inspired locals to turn out in droves to see the red spectacle stretching hundreds of metres along the beach, with some people alarmed by what may have caused it.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/hundreds-of-sea-urchins-wash-ashore-patong-beach-79223.php

 

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[sammieuk1]

The phenomenon could be the tide in other surprising news ????

[Fat is a type of crazy]

Patong beach otherwise looks nice and clean. Not like it was last time I was there. Good job.

[PatOngo]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

with some people alarmed by what may have caused it.

It could'nt be polluted water, could it???

[ChipButty]

They are not used to all this clean water

[KC 71]

This can happen after there has previously been a big storm somewhere.

[worgeordie]

I hope no one touched them.....

regards Worgeordie

[beechbum]

Spring tides as well.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

The phenomenon could be the tide in other surprising news ????

On the menu later no-doubt.

[Soupdragon]

Similar thing on Bang Tao Beach where hundreds of starfish have washed up. No idea why.

[unblocktheplanet]

Still alive, edible & delicious in this photo.

[NeoDinosaw]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Hundreds of sea urchins wash ashore Patong Beach

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Hundreds of sea urchins lined Patong Beach yesterday (Mar 2). photo: Patong Lifeguards

 

PHUKET: Marine life experts are trying to figure out what caused many hundreds of red sea urchins to wash ashore Patong Beach yesterday (Mar 2).

 

Lifeguards and members of Patong Baywatch discovered the phenomenon after arriving at the beach to begin their patrols yesterday morning.

 

The phenomenon has inspired locals to turn out in droves to see the red spectacle stretching hundreds of metres along the beach, with some people alarmed by what may have caused it.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/hundreds-of-sea-urchins-wash-ashore-patong-beach-79223.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2021-03-04

 

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Does anyone have close up photos so they  they can be identified ?  Please psot them is you have any.

 

These mass-killing were usually attributed to storms out at sea - especially if the weather at the beach had been normal.  Increasingly that seen to be due to algal blooms (when the sea is full of tint algae)  killing them off.

 

[LosLobo]

17 minutes ago, NeoDinosaw said:

 

Does anyone have close up photos so they  they can be identified ?  Please psot them is you have any.

 

Click on the Phuket News link!

[PETERTHEEATER]

I would be lying exhausted on a beach if I had swum all the way from the Red Sea..

[connda]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

PHUKET: Marine life experts are trying to figure out what caused many hundreds of red sea urchins to wash ashore Patong Beach yesterday

Evil farang divers of course.