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Oregon animals, sea life

27 images Created 14 Mar 2011

Photos of Oregon animals and sea life include: Wild stellar sea lion colony at Heceta Head, Sea nettle (Chrysaora species), crab, fish, Oregon Coast Aquarium, mussel shells, gulls, Lewis and Clark commemorative statue at Seaside, Canada geese on Harris Beach, USA.

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  • Pacific sea nettle, or Ortiga de mar (Chrysaora fuscescens), Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA. Although commonly named "jellyfish," jellies are plankton, not fish. Jellies (class Scyphozoa) lack the backbone (vertebral column) found in fish. Jellies have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal. A sea nettle hunts by trailing long tentacles covered with stinging cells to paralyze tiny plankton and other prey. Stung prey is moved to the frilly mouth-arms and on to the jelly's mouth. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    08ORC-330_Sea-Nettle_Chrysaora.jpg
  • A gull perches atop a statue of Lewis and Clark, which commemorates the end of their trail across America, 1805-1806, at the present-day Prom at Seaside, Oregon, USA.
    08ORC-733_Lewis-Clark-statue_Seaside.jpg
  • A sea anemone, at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA.  Sea anemones (which are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flower) are predatory animals of the order Actiniaria. As cnidarians, sea anemones are closely related to corals, jellyfish, tube-dwelling anemones and Hydra.
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  • Wild but tagged Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) flee upslope along Dug Bar Road in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, north of Imnaha, Oregon, USA. On May 20, 2014, the hills were green with spring grass.
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  • The Pacific Ocean carves sea stacks from coastal cliffs at Harris Beach State Park, on US Highway 101, north of Brookings, Curry County, Oregon, USA. Canada geese walk the beach. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Watch for frequent Western Rattlesnakes on Imnaha River Trail, in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Imnaha, Oregon, USA. Crotalus viridis (commonly known as the Western Rattlesnake, Prairie or Plains Rattlesnake) is a venomous pit viper native to the western United States, southwestern Canada, and northern Mexico. The Western Rattlesnake is common in much of eastern Washington, and is Washington's only venomous snake. A rattlesnake bite seldom delivers enough venom to kill a human, although painful swelling and discoloration may occur. Distinctive features of the Western Rattlesnake include a broad, triangular head that is much wider than its neck; a diamond-shaped pattern along the middle of its back; and rattles on the tail tip. Color patterns differ with habitat, ranging from olive to brown to gray. Black and white crossbars may occur on the tail. Western rattlesnakes measure 18 inches to 4 feet at maturity. The number of segments on the rattle does not indicate the true age of the snake, since rattlesnakes lose portions of their rattles as they age.
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  • Fish swim in a tank with a sea anemone, at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon.  Sea anemones (which are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flower) are predatory animals of the order Actiniaria. As cnidarians, sea anemones are closely related to corals, jellyfish, tube-dwelling anemones and Hydra.
    08ORC-259.jpg
  • Pacific sea nettle, or Ortiga de mar (Chrysaora fuscescens), Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA. Although commonly named "jellyfish," jellies are plankton, not fish. Jellies (class Scyphozoa) lack the backbone (vertebral column) found in fish. Jellies have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal. A sea nettle hunts by trailing long tentacles covered with stinging cells to paralyze tiny plankton and other prey. Stung prey is moved to the frilly mouth-arms and on to the jelly's mouth.
    08ORC-334_Sea-Nettle_Chrysaora.jpg
  • Starfish at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon
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  • Pacific sea nettle, or Ortiga de mar (Chrysaora fuscescens), Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA. Although commonly named "jellyfish," jellies are plankton, not fish. Jellies (class Scyphozoa) lack the backbone (vertebral column) found in fish. Jellies have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal. A sea nettle hunts by trailing long tentacles covered with stinging cells to paralyze tiny plankton and other prey. Stung prey is moved to the frilly mouth-arms and on to the jelly's mouth.
    08ORC-312_Sea-Nettle_Chrysaora.jpg
  • Wild stellar sea lions rest above surf line at Heceta Head, Florence, Oregon, USA.
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  • Swallowtail butterfly, in the family Papilionidae. Imnaha River Trail, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Imnaha, Oregon, USA
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  • Pacific sea nettle, or Ortiga de mar (Chrysaora fuscescens), Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA. Although commonly named "jellyfish," jellies are plankton, not fish. Jellies (class Scyphozoa) lack the backbone (vertebral column) found in fish. Jellies have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal. A sea nettle hunts by trailing long tentacles covered with stinging cells to paralyze tiny plankton and other prey. Stung prey is moved to the frilly mouth-arms and on to the jelly's mouth.
    08ORC-337_Sea-Nettle_Chrysaora.jpg
  • Wild stellar sea lions rest above surf line at Heceta Head, Florence, Oregon, USA. Heceta Head Lighthouse stands across the bay.
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  • Shiny blue interior of mussel shells on a rocky beach on the north side of the hiker's tunnel at Oceanside beach, Oregon
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  • Crab, at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon
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  • Gulls drink fresh water from a stream flowing onto a beach south of Cape Meares, near Oceanside, on the Oregon coast, USA.
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  • Pacific sea nettle, or Ortiga de mar (Chrysaora fuscescens), Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA. Although commonly named "jellyfish," jellies are plankton, not fish. Jellies (class Scyphozoa) lack the backbone (vertebral column) found in fish. Jellies have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal. A sea nettle hunts by trailing long tentacles covered with stinging cells to paralyze tiny plankton and other prey. Stung prey is moved to the frilly mouth-arms and on to the jelly's mouth.
    08ORC-315_Sea-Nettle_Chrysaora.jpg
  • Pacific sea nettle, or Ortiga de mar (Chrysaora fuscescens), Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA. Although commonly named "jellyfish," jellies are plankton, not fish. Jellies (class Scyphozoa) lack the backbone (vertebral column) found in fish. Jellies have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal. A sea nettle hunts by trailing long tentacles covered with stinging cells to paralyze tiny plankton and other prey. Stung prey is moved to the frilly mouth-arms and on to the jelly's mouth.
    08ORC-286_Sea-Nettle_Chrysaora.jpg
  • A gull perches atop a statue of Lewis and Clark, which commemorates the end of their trail across America, 1805-1806, at the present-day Prom at Seaside, Oregon, USA.
    08ORC-734_Lewis-Clark-statue_Seaside.jpg
  • Pacific sea nettle, or Ortiga de mar (Chrysaora fuscescens), Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, USA. Although commonly named "jellyfish," jellies are plankton, not fish. Jellies (class Scyphozoa) lack the backbone (vertebral column) found in fish. Jellies have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, making them the oldest multi-organ animal. A sea nettle hunts by trailing long tentacles covered with stinging cells to paralyze tiny plankton and other prey. Stung prey is moved to the frilly mouth-arms and on to the jelly's mouth.
    08ORC-231_Sea-Nettle_Chrysaora.jpg
  • Wild stellar sea lions rest above surf line at Heceta Head, Florence, Oregon, USA.
    06COA_068.jpg
  • Wild stellar sea lions rest above surf line at Heceta Head, Florence, Oregon, USA.
    06CO_538.jpg
  • A gull perches atop a statue of Lewis and Clark, which commemorates the end of their trail across America, 1805-1806, at the present-day Prom at Seaside, Oregon, USA.
    08ORC-735_Lewis-Clark-statue_Seaside.jpg
  • Harris Beach State Park, on US Highway 101, north of Brookings, Curry County, Oregon, USA.
    1202ORC-081_Oregon-coast.jpg
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