Seven nights after the October full moon, the palolo worm (Palola viridis) releases its reproductive segments from coral reefs. The sea turns blue-green with millions of wriggling segments. Samoans and Fijians wade into the shallows at dawn with nets and baskets to harvest them. Palolo is eaten raw, on toast, or cooked in coconut cream. The rising marks the traditional Fijian and Samoan new year. A lunar-marine calendar event with no equivalent elsewhere on Earth.