These 4 inch by 9 inch waterproof, laminated, full-color shell identification cards are easy to carry along with you on the beach when you are shelling. They aren’t intended to replace a good shell identification book, of course, but they are easier to carry and if you splash a little water on them–no problem. Pam […]
Patricia Whitfield was vacationing in Florida from Canada when she found this beautiful paper nautilus shell on Ormond Beach. What a lucky find! I’m wondering how many more people are finding these? Here is a photo of the Argonaut octopus Patricia found near one of the shells. This is the octopus that creates the shell. […]
A few weeks ago I answered some questions for a newspaper writer regarding the paper nautilus. Since the article appeared, I’ve received several photos from folks who have been fortunate enough to find one. A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the paper nautilus featuring one of the finds. I was just […]
A few days ago I received an email with a request for information about the Paper Nautilus “shell.” Dinah Voyles Pulver was writing an article for the Daytona Beach News Journal about Debbie Brokaw, an early morning beachcomber who chanced to find a completely intact Paper nautilus. I offered Dinah some information about the relative […]
I just had to share this awesome video posted by Pam on her ILoveShelling blog. Be sure to visit her blog to see the photos and read about her experience with the octopus mom.
There’s a story in the News-Press today about a mass-beaching of Fighting Conchs (Strombus alatus) on Bonita Beach, Florida. Hundreds of thousands of live conchs were on the beach Tuesday. According to the article, the experts don’t know exactly why this occurs. Explanations range from mating behavior to an extremely low tide. People quoted in […]
Low tide is a great time to find live shells on St. Pete Beach. Augers, tulips, fighting conchs, and olive shells were in abundance Saturday evening. There were a lot of augers, but not as many as the millions of Common Atlantic Augers we saw on Sanibel Island during our honeymoon. We always leave live […]
I found this Florida Fighting Conch on Pass-a-Grille Beach Saturday evening in about 8 inches of water. I brought it up on dry sand to photograph it. It kept flipping itself over before I could get a good focus on it. Fighting conchs are fairly common on St. Pete Beach and Pass-a-Grille. My wife got […]
My wife Suzy (BeachHunter’s assistant) took a yoga class on St. Pete Beach this morning and took a walk afterwards on Pass-A-Grille Beach. She encountered this Florida Fighting conch and snapped a few photos. While many gastropods will withdraw into their shell when handled, the Fighting conch is fearless and will not retreat. They come […]
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