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As most of you know, I'm pretty obsessed with the ocean and that's an understatement when it comes to the passion I have had since a child to not only find or see gifts from the ocean, but scientifically dissect, identify, and figure out the life history of the finding. Here on Sanibel it's not living fish of the sea that captivate any casual beachcomber, it's the shells! 
The vacation brochures will all boast that this is the best shelling beaches in the world and until you see it for yourself you almost won't believe your eyes! Every beach has oodles of shells that you've not seen before and then when strategically looking during low tide, you will discover magical gifts from the sea. The waves bring them right to your toes, it's unbelievable!! And of course all live ones go back to the ocean :-) |
| Live lettered olive |
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| Welk snail (L) & Murex (R) |
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| dead fishing bait washed up - yucky! |
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| Live Fighting Conch were collected and thrown back into deeper waters |
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| These hermit crabs somehow got home in my bucket. After letting them duke it out around a plate, I brought them down to the docks to freedom |
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| Welk snail |
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| Starfish |
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| Jellyfish |
