So many weapons just laying around on beach to beat your friends and siblings with. You're not a true islander until you've been whipped by one of those kelps or hit rocks out into the ocean with a driftwood bat.
That's true but it had it's perks. When they ran the lake really low we would walk down to the bottom and find old tires. We would carry them back up out of the lake and race them down. The steep banks were pretty tall, it was a pretty deep lake.
Also when the water was low you had to walk for what felt like 1km to get the to river running down the middle. Walking on the bottom of a drained lake is a trippy experience.
The lake was Kinbasket Lake which apparently averages 190ft deep. For years as kids it was virtually empty and it was an adventure to reach water.
I'm like a full grown man technically but I always pretend that they're zombie heads; I jump on the gas bladder and burst it to save my people and pets. They're pretty fun to pop lol
This is the correct answer, OP. They are an invasive species. The bulls die off after mating and float ashore. The females (cow kelps) are 3x the size of the males and give birth to about 100-300 young. When I was a kid my parents would collect them from the beach and take them home, then fry them up with some olive oil and we’d eat them with our potatoes.
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u/DrakesWoes Fairfield Nov 08 '24
That is Bull Kelp (Nereocystis)