That's where lots of stuff that floats ends up, including golden seaweed called sargassum, which is prime feeding ground for lots of animals, including young turtles. From Wordnik.com. [In The Line Of Fire: Rare Turtles Near Gulf Flames] Reference
"Ordinarily, the sargassum is a nice, golden color. From Wordnik.com. [Marisacat] Reference
Or one of their larger cousins, nor sargassum people. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Perhaps, he mused, the sargassum man longs to walk on dry lands. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
A burbling noise rose from the depths of the sargassum man's throat. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
There are hu-mans, like you and I, and sargassum men, like this fellow here. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
With only his head remaining above water, the sargassum man gurgled a reply. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
The sargassum man must have had a thought in mind or he would not have asked this creature to seek us out. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
The sargassum and the almonds of the stone-pine completed the repast, during which the engineer spoke little. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Island] Reference
Herbert offered him a few handfuls of shell-fish and sargassum, saying, — “It is all that we have, Captain Harding.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Island] Reference
Two sargassum children popped their heads out of the water not an arm's length from the boat, giggling like gargling eight-year-olds. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
No spray or mint could mask his breath, which smelled now of kelp, now of sargassum, and at its worst, of a weathered planktonic bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Impossible Places]
The reporter and his companions, after having eaten a quantity of lithodomes, sucked the sargassum, of which the taste was very tolerable. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysterious Island] Reference
But oil also clings to sargassum and that's trouble, oily trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference
"Now we are starting to see much more healthy sargassum habitat," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
"The beach looks great, with the exception of sargassum and algae," West said. From Wordnik.com. [PNJ - News] Reference
Predators often search the trailers, or strand line, of the sargassum for food. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
When oil-soaked, however, those sargassum are pulled within booming structures and set on fire. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
In the deep sea, sail fish, turtles, and crabs congregate around mats of sargassum, a floating seaweed. From Wordnik.com. [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference
The sargassum has stacked up in beach wading areas near Horace Caldwell Pier, making it difficult to remove. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories] Reference
Cross said he could use volunteers to sweep sargassum on the beach and clean up debris caught in the sea plants. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories] Reference
'' With the incoming tide, evidently overnight, there's some sargassum grass with oil intermixed, '' Daniel reported at 1 p.m. Thursday. From Wordnik.com. [TCPalm Stories] Reference
For example, peppered moths, sargassum fish, horned lizards, chameleons, and octopi all use camouflage as a way to escape predators (2, 3). From Wordnik.com. [Serendip's Exchange -] Reference
4 It belongs to the sargassum family, and is full of air sacs. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series] Reference
" The sargassum man popped something small and blue into his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
" When Ehomba smiled, the sargassum man made a perfect round O with his lipless mouth. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
"rafts of sargassum" provide the floral foundation for a "floating jungle" of biodiversity. From Wordnik.com. [The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue] Reference
But no sargassum man. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
And he is not my crab, nor the sargassum man's. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Most hide in sargassum, this sea wood. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference
"The sargassum is coming back to life.". From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
"It is a sargassum man. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
"Good day to you, sargassum man. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
"He's tangled us in sargassum. From Wordnik.com. [Chainer's Torment]
Yes, that's the gulf-weed, or sargassum, or. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
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