Why were 10,000 โpenis fishโ found on Drakes Beach in California?
Thousands of these marine worms, called fat innkeeper wormsโor "penis fish"โwashed up on Drake's Beach after a recent storm. https://t.co/MwY6xkN3kb pic.twitter.com/vGMpSvGoAT โ Bay Nature magazine (@BayNature) December 11, 2019The mysterious sighting of โpenis fishโ or fat innkeeper worms were discovered after a recent storm on Drakes Beach on Dec. 6, according to Bay Nature. The fat innkeeper worm, or Urechis caupo, is a type of spoon worm, identified by its spatula-shaped proboscis for feeding, grasping or swimming. U. caupo, the scientific name of the fat innkeeper worm, is only found in North America from Southern Oregon to Baja. How did thousands of โpenis fishโ end up on Drakes Beach?