anne marie
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Poisonous? Bites? Took this photo on holiday, two days ago. There was a number of these creatures in very shallow water close to the shore.The longer ones were about 5 inches long. Their underbellies were pink, their upper surface browner. I carefully lifted a couple of them out using a stone. Their bodies seemed very soft, when poked genty, but their claws, fringing each side of side of the body , extended and retracted constantly, and warned me off touching them. A girl on the beach had been stung/bitten by something in the water and was obviously in pain. What are these animals? Are they harmful? Was the girl stung/bitten by something quite unrelated?