PNW suspended orange eggs

[Sintax604]

Spotted in Vancouver, BC:

Yesterday (6pm) at around 60' I came across two separate bunches of eggs (seen about 30 horizontal feet apart). They were very small (about 2mm diameter) and orange. I'd estimate that there was 100-200 eggs in each bunch. The strange thing was that they were suspended in the water, not encased in mucous or anything, just individual eggs all hovering together as if they had just been released. There was nothing guarding them, nothing eating them and nothing trying to fertilize them.

Any ideas where they came from?

 

[Underwater Ogre]

Pilchards?...but they are usually attached to kelp?

 

[princessaprilia]

Easter Bunny?

 

[Underwater Ogre]

Easter Bunny?

EXACTLY!!

 

[inventor]

Oyster Bunny?

Peter CottonWhale?

 

[mikediveguy]

attatched to the rocks with stems?

 

[Rick Murchison]

I make it a point never to ask... or answer... a question on April first.

Rick

 

[princessaprilia]

Oyster Bunny?
Peter CottonWhale?

 

[inventor]

Oyster Bunny, told ya!

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Peter CottonWhale's out there too. He be a great fuzzy white whale...

 

[Sintax604]

attatched to the rocks with stems?

They weren't attached to anything, nor did they appear to have any method of attachment. Really strange... and a terrible strategy for survival in my opinion.