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Paper Nautilus found on Ormond Beach January 25, 2013

Paper Nautilus Found on Ormond Beach

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. […]

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Have You Found a Paper Nautilus?

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 […]

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