{"id":1879,"date":"2019-02-23T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1879-another-world.html"},"modified":"2019-02-23T12:43:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T02:13:44","slug":"another-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1879-another-world.html","title":{"rendered":"Another World"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:401 --><a href=\"\/serendipity\/\" title=\"Robert&apos;s Ramblings\"><!-- s9ymdb:2546 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1684-_MG_6358-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis hand sized fan worm is one of the many spectacular creatures that inhabit our local waters. I say local but it really is another world altogether.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt looks like a plant; like some exotic miniature palm tree. This guy however is a worm which builds a tubular casing away from its supporting structure so that it can extend its frond like appendages out into the current to feed.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nApproach too close and in an instant it will retract back into the safety of its tube. Imagine a coconut palm doing that!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSouthern fan worm <em>Sabellastarte australiensis<\/em>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPhoto: Robert Rath, &#8216;Another World&#8217; 1\/50s f\/7.1 ISO320 15mm<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This hand sized fan worm is one of the many spectacular creatures that inhabit our local waters. I say local but it really is another world altogether. It looks like a plant; like some exotic miniature palm tree. This guy however is a worm which builds a tubular casing away from its supporting structure so &#8230; <a title=\"Another World\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1879-another-world.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Another World\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}