SEASHELLS!!

[Happy Camper]

I think you covered it in previous posts but I can't recall. Do you ever do the metal detector thing on the beaches?

 

[INTJohn]

I think you covered it in previous posts but I can't recall. Do you ever do the metal detector thing on the beaches?

Posts 113 & 114 of this thread………

 

[Happy Camper]

Posts 113 & 114 of this thread………

I forgot the cheap entertainment lol

 

[INTJohn]

Found these 2 items this morning. The shell is an Atlantic Partridge Tun and the thing to the right?

Can you say O-Pur-Q-Lum?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operculum_(gastropod)


An example of the operculum of an alive Lightning Whelk; I took this picture several years back.
The operculum I found today is from a Horse Conch.

intjonny

 

[Happy Camper]

OMG OMG it can't breathe!!!!

/s

 

[vanbrat]

I like seeing the shells. I was wondering what has been your weirdest beach find...... ? I love beach combing. I found an IV bottle and a few buoys and once an old saky bottle with lots of barnacles on it. found a tiny toy boot with a message for the finder to report where it was found. Found a really nice kite once though not ON the beach but in a tree beside it. Tons of plastic sand toys. Lots of old Christmas trees, those are fun to play with. Found a door once, not sure how that happened but it was a nice house door, doorknob and all after a storm. I am hoping to get back to beach combing as soon as things settle down again.

 

[INTJohn]

Weirdest beach find? Hmmm that’s a good one. I’ve found/encountered soo many weird and or unexpected things; either on the beach itself or while I’m wading/snorkeling/kayaking.

I gotta give that some thought as I’ve never really thought about ranking them. So much interesting things & experiences almost daily while exploring the beach scene.


lost at sea jonny

 

[INTJohn]

I’m thinking “weirdest”……..
Hmmm, post #118 of this thread I describe the octopus vacating, across my fingers & hand, from a Queen Conch shell I had just retrieved from the reef bottom.
Who the hell expects an octopus fer gawdz sake to suddenly explode out of a seashell ur holding and fall to the water and dart away at warp speed?

That was pretty weird but it just happened a month ago so maybe I’m exhibiting abit of recency bias…….

bch bum jon the van man vagabon

 

[vanbrat]

Well I think I would have screeched and jumped at that too. I have had hermit crabs climb out of shells but nothing that fun.

 

[bullfrog !]

Well I think I would have screeched and jumped at that too. I have had hermit crabs climb out of shells but nothing that fun.

Memorable having pinchers come at you while picking up a shell on the beach isn’t it! Lol!!!

 

[INTJohn]

Found another very nice Queen Conch with the big flare on it. This makes No. 5.
Also found a West Indies Top Shell , below


Had never heard of this shell before lil lone found one so this is certainly a special find. The link describes them:
https://www.shells-of-aquarius.com/Cittarium_pica.html

Still having too much enjoyment searching the reefs & seagrass flats for interesting things.
bch bum jonny

 

[Happy Camper]

I really appreciate your enthusiasm and enjoyment looking for shells and other interesting things. Thank you for the opportunity to enjoy it vicariously.

 

[LargeMarge]

Thank you for this thread.
Reading and re-reading each post, I notice a gradual relaxation... and then, suddenly, all the tension flows away.
.
Walking beaches, holding shells, and seeing sea-life seems to be ThePointOfItAll© for me.

 

[INTJohn]

Queen Conchs I’ve kept; a 7th I gave away as a gift. Cupl sea biscuits upper left; Milk Conch lower rite.
Yes; they need to be cleaned yet and a couple of them I might polish. Dohno yet.

I find numerous sea biscuits but I have enough and I have found literally hundreds of Queen Conchs that are alive & doing fine. All sizes: from 3” to almost a foot with great flares. Some certainly worth photographing but I don’t bring my fone when exploring.

The 2 pix below I took from the internet to show how interesting & beautiful Queen Conchs are when alive.



Photo Source link: https://friendsofanimals.org/queen-conch-finally-gets-endangered-species-act-protection/

jonny boi livin the dream

 

[vanbrat]

Makes me want to go to Florida .....

 

[INTJohn]

Check out this really kool fossil I discovered in this limestone coral rock. It’s about 3.5” by 2.5”.

When I returned to the van and began the internet search to find out about the ancient critter I had found; man; waz I in for a “what wow” moment!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthopleura_granulata
Apparently it’s called a fuzzy chiton and it is not a fossil at all but very much alive and well feeding on stuff on the rock.

whoda thunk.
intjonny

 

[INTJohn]

Found this reticulate cowrie helmet shell. Kool, eh? ( do they really need the “reticulate” part tho)

sayin
jonny boi livin the dream

 

[Morgana]

Somewhere there's an octopus forum and that octopus is posting about you ...
They like really tight places, sometimes they live in beer bottles ...
And they can do this:


So jealous jonny boi I want to see an octopus!

 

[vanbrat]

Somewhere there's an octopus forum and that octopus is posting about you ...
They like really tight places, sometimes they live in beer bottles ...
And they can do this:


So jealous jonny boi I want to see an octopus!

I'm the Sound the science folks have put beer bottles out for them so they can find and study them