Sea hares in Western Australia

March 17, 2003
From: Joyce Mort.

Attn W.B.Rudman.
February 24th 2003. On holiday in Kalbarri north of Geraldton, W.A. we came across quite a few creatures which appear to match the description of the SEA HARE which there has been much discussion about. They were apparently stranded on the sandy shore at the mouth of the Murchison River. Dogs exercise regularly on this beach and seemed uninterested in them. I did try returning these large black creatures to the deeper water and though they lifted their snail-like head and moved their mantle, they didn't have much success against the tide.

Joyce Mort,
Bunbury, W.A.

amort@eon.net.au

Thanks Joyce,
Bill Rudman

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