ecollaboration: What am I?

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

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Originally uploaded by eduscapes.

I took this photo at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Can you identify the object in the photo? It looks like a giant brain.

At 6:13 PM , Anonymous said...: It does look like a brain. Is it brain coral? My husband brought me a brain cactus home from a trip to the desert.
At 6:15 PM , Anonymous said...: i believe this is a type of fish that expands itself as a defense mechanism.
At 6:15 PM , Anonymous said...: cousin of spongebob square pants
At 6:15 PM , Anonymous said...: I would agree that it looks like a brain coral, but it could also be a cantalope that someone dropped in the tank. Ha-ha!
At 6:15 PM , Anonymous said...: A puffer?
At 6:16 PM , Anonymous said...: Love the idea of a cantalope!
At 6:19 PM , Anonymous said...: Brain coral
At 6:24 PM , Brad Patrick said...: I have to agree it is a brain coral for sure, but I love the idea of it being a misplaced canteloupe.
At 7:55 AM , Alisa Burch said...: It looks like a petrified cantalope but is probably sometime of coral.