I also saw a small sea anemone underneath one of the bigger stones on the shore.
One kind of animal noticeably missing from A Coruna is squirrels. Back in Virginia, I saw squirrels every day. I didn't think about that until now. Squirrels are absent from the trees in the parks and the trash cans throughout the city A Coruna.
The coolest thing I saw was the anemone hiding underneath a rock in a tidal pool along the beach. My friend, who is also an English teacher in a nearby city, was a marine biologist. He showed us how to find animals like mussels, barnacles and anemones along the coast. He also explained how they eat and find their homes. It was very interesting to see an anemone outside of an aquarium for the first time. I also learned that they drift around before finding a suitable spot to plant their "foot". A sea anemone has a soft base called a "foot". When an anemone finds a good place with the right water flow and food, it attaches its foot and stays there to live.
During the winter, the tides in A Coruna become more volatile, threatening the erode the man-made beach called Playa Orzan. The city builds sand dunes on the beaches to protect them from washing away. This also protects the paseo (the beachside walkway) from flooding during the winter.
