BOLINAO! Little Icky Creatures + Hundred Islands Side Trip

Geologist-on-duty. I was requested by our Paleontology Professor to assist the lower class students on their fieldwork in Bolinao. The fieldwork consisted of gathering these creatures during low tide and studying their anatomy and physiology.  All for the love of science! Ulk. Haha.
 Enjoy the MACRO SHOTS! :)

dawn view from the deck

memory-lapse. God i forgot what are these. haha

Conspicuous Sea Cucumber. FACT: They don't have true braiiiiiins.

Hermit Crabs. FACT: As it grows in size, it abandons the previous shell and finds a larger one. The habit of living in a second-hand shell gives rise to "hermit crab" (a hermit who lives alone).

Another sea cucumber. FACT: It ejects sticky filaments from its anus as self-defense. Eww.

Star Fishes. FACT: Opportunistic feeders. They move using a water vascular system. Water enters their bodies  via madreporite.

Brittle Stars. FACT: They deliberately shed their arms to escape predators and when subjected to stress. But they can readily regenerate their lost arms or arm segments unless all arms are lost.

Sea Urchin. FACT: Belongs to Echinodermate meaning "spiny skin" in Greek.

Aristotle Lantern. Sea urchin. FACT: Their "roe" or gonads are a delicacy in some countries.

Hundred Islands in Alaminos, Pangasinan. 124 islands during low-tide and 123 at high-tide.

Almost all their pasalubongs are made of shells. Do I need to explain this? :p

Hundred Islands from pier.