Mallorca

We went to Mallorca this past week and it was so fun! The water was so clear and we could see all kinds of critters--Sea urchins, Sea anemones, soft corals, fish, shrimp, barnacles, sea snails, hermit crabs, limpets, and some sort of small fishing bird (by the way, that's representatives from 5 of the 9 major animal phyla, which is pretty cool-- especially since we would be unlikely to see a nematode or a platyhelminthe free swimming without a microscope). It was awesome!

The first day we were there was pretty cold for getting in the water, but our AirBnB host had a two person kayak they let us take on the water. We're not completely sure, but we estimate where we were the water was about 25-30 feet deep, and we could still see the sand ripples at the bottom! I can't get over how clear the water was.

I don't think you can really see it, but we could see the bottom-- It was really deep too!

That night we went out for dinner. I was excited to try cuttle fish, so I got calamari and grilled cuttlefish. The calamari was great! The cuttlefish was disappointing. I think squid remains the only gastropod worth eating. I would put the cuttlefish below octopus, which is quite a ways after squid. 

The next day we went hiking and had a bit of a beach day! It was much warmer and really fun to be out in the water. The water was warm near the shore, and really fun to see all the sea critters, skip rocks, and jump around in the waves.

My favorite view