Sandy Bottom Photo

Home   >   Natural History Photography Blog   >   Search   >   Sandy Bottom A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Sandy Bottom Photo. Image ID: 21612   Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA   California bat ray, laying on sandy ocean bottom amid kelp and rocky reef. Sandy Bottom Picture. Image ID: 25437   Species: California bat ray, Myliobatis californica Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   California bat ray, laying on sandy ocean bottom amid kelp and rocky reef. Stock Photography of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 25438   Species: California bat ray, Myliobatis californica Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Photograph of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 21609   Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA   A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Sandy Bottom Photos. Image ID: 21622   Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA   A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Sandy Bottom Image. Image ID: 21640   Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA   A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Professional stock photos of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 21652   Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA   A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Pictures of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 21660   Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA   A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Sandy Bottom Photo. Image ID: 21661   Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA   A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Sandy Bottom Picture. Image ID: 21662   Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA   Speckled sanddab, which can alter its color and pattern to better camoflage itself against the sandy bottom on which it lies. Stock Photography of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 14498   Species: Speckled sanddab, Citharichthys stigmaeus   Speckled sanddab, which can alter its color and pattern to better camoflage itself against the sandy bottom on which it lies. Photograph of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 14499   Species: Speckled sanddab, Citharichthys stigmaeus   Speckled sanddab, which can alter its color and pattern to better camoflage itself against the sandy bottom on which it lies. Sandy Bottom Photos. Image ID: 14554   Species: Speckled sanddab, Citharichthys stigmaeus   Drift kelp has washed ashore on a sandy California beach. Winter brings large surf and increased wave energy which often rips giant kelp from the ocean bottom, so that it floats down current, often washing ashore. Sandy Bottom Image. Image ID: 14884   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara, California, USA   Squid egg casings. Each casing housings hundreds of tiny squid eggs. After the female squid has planted her egg casings to the sandy bottom, she will die. Professional stock photos of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 14931   Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens   Sand, water and light. Pictures of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 00304   Location: Bahamas   Sunlight spreads across broad sand plains, trochoidal patterns. Sandy Bottom Photo. Image ID: 00701   Location: Bahamas   Squid mating and laying eggs, eggs on sandy bottom. Sandy Bottom Picture. Image ID: 02547   Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Sunlight spreads across broad sand plains, trochoidal patterns. Stock Photography of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 03185   Location: Bahamas   Sunlight spreads across broad sand plains, trochoidal patterns. Photograph of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 03186   Location: Bahamas   Water patterns. Sandy Bottom Photos. Image ID: 03187     Water, sand and light. Sandy Bottom Image. Image ID: 04769   Location: Sea of Cortez, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico   Sunlight spreads across broad sand plains, trochoidal patterns. Professional stock photos of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 04770   Location: Sea of Cortez, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico   Sand ripples. Pictures of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 05648     Sand ripples. Sandy Bottom Photo. Image ID: 05649     Sand, water and light. Sandy Bottom Picture. Image ID: 05657   Location: Bahamas   Sunlight spreads across broad sand plains, trochoidal patterns. Stock Photography of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 05658   Location: Bahamas   Sunlight spreads across broad sand plains, trochoidal patterns. Photograph of Sandy Bottom. Image ID: 05659   Location: Bahamas   Sunlight spreads across broad sand plains, trochoidal patterns. Sandy Bottom Photos. Image ID: 05662   Location: Bahamas   Sand, water and light. Sandy Bottom Image. Image ID: 05664   Location: Bahamas

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Updated: February 10, 2012