rooster59 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Sea slugs washed ashore in their thousands - low salt content blamed Image: Daily News The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources reported that thousands of "pling talay" - known in English as sea cucumbers or sea slugs - had died and been washed ashore in Chanthaburi. It happened at a beach called Bang Kachai in the Laem Singh area of the eastern Thai province. Some 300 meters of the beach was littered with the dead creatures. Tests have revealed that the likely reason for the event was an unusually low salt content in the water due to freshwater from monsoon rains creating a temporary imbalance that the creatures were unable to overcome. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-10-24 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jak2002003 Posted October 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2020 That one sea cucumber picked up by the farang diver and all the fuss that created suddenly seems rather insignificant compared to this scene. These creatures coped with freshwater from seasonal monsoon rains every year and yet this has not happened before....and no other marine creatures were affected? Have the experts looked for traces of pesticides or chemicals in the dead sea cucumbers...because it is a good chance they died due to toxic agricultural chemical run off after the heavy rains. 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motoko Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 sea slugs are not the same thing as sea cucumbers. The animals pictured are sea cucumbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Sea Slugs - from the Ocean - low Salt Oceans Salt concentration diluted by Rain water run off into the Ocean. What Tosh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted October 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2020 6 hours ago, rooster59 said: sea cucumbers or sea slugs - had died and been washed ashore in Chanthaburi. Don't touch them, don't pick 'em up ........... that's jail and deportation! 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, BritManToo said: Don't touch them, don't pick 'em up ........... that's jail and deportation! yeah... you'd definitely get slugged for takin' them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted October 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2020 More likely pollution in the water, well on the bottom,sea cucumbers shift sand to obtain food, maybe that's why only they died and not any other sea creatures. regards worgeordie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Maybe the came out in support of the people wrongly criminalised by silly people ............LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opalred Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 someone is slow or lazy/ sun dry them big money in china Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted October 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2020 See! Two dirty farangs touched a sea cucumber and this happens!!! ???? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Motoko said: sea slugs are not the same thing as sea cucumbers. The animals pictured are sea cucumbers. Still same but different . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grusa Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) Try sprinkling salt on a land slug, or snail. Cruel but interesting. Good way to deter or get rid of them. (The Froggies would just eat them). Edited October 24, 2020 by Grusa Wrong cartoon, cant get picture to download - or delete this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoDinosaw Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Cake Monster said: Sea Slugs - from the Ocean - low Salt Oceans Salt concentration diluted by Rain water run off into the Ocean. What Tosh Sea cucumbers are stenohaline echinoderms and cannot stand a drop in salinity .................. so the original article was the correct. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoDinosaw Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Grusa said: Try sprinkling salt on a land slug, or snail. Cruel but interesting. Good way to deter or get rid of them. (The Froggies would just eat them). Sea cucumbers are a delicacy in East Asian countries !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 21 hours ago, rooster59 said: Sea slugs washed ashore in their thousands - low salt content blamed For gods sake don't pick one up.... you'll go to prison or be deported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukKrueng Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 11 hours ago, NeoDinosaw said: Sea cucumbers are stenohaline echinoderms and cannot stand a drop in salinity .................. so the original article was the correct. Yeah, but you can't argue with ALL the marine biologists on this forum, can you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Talk about an all you can eat buffet... Shame there's no tourists with buckets full. What a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomangosteen Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Some context to the environment being discussed. The Chanthaburi river meets the Gulf at Paknam Laem Sing. It's a huge flow of water, and Laem Sing beach immediately to the south (right in photo below) of the river mouth is generally unsuitable for swimming due to the silt from the river flow Edited October 26, 2020 by gomangosteen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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