[EBB Sightings] Eared Grebe with Catch

Verne Nelson wrote:
> Does anyone know what it caught?  I see Grebes and Snowy's catch
> these regularly in the shallows presumably near bottom rocks.  Their
> defense is to curl into a loop, grabbing their own tail? It makes
> subduing them quite difficult, often taking many minutes to undo.
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/image/119702874
> 
> My guess is some kind of eel.

It's a pipefish (a relative of the seahorse, I understand). This seems 
to be a fairly small one....

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