As I suspected earlier, the objects that resembled tar balls that washed ashore south of the Fort Myers Beach pier this morning were indeed not tar balls. The currents in the Gulf of Mexico at this time simply don't support any particles from the Gulf oil slick reaching our beaches at this time. According to the Ostego Bay Foundation, they believe what was found is something known as sea pork -- a type of tunicate. This is often gray or pink and has a squishy, fleshy consistency to it. The US Coast Guard also says that it is exceedingly unlikely that these were tar balls.
Brian
