and formerly live ones.
After the lives ones were carefully examined they were sent back to their homes (always leave nature in nature).
The formerly live ones were laid out to dry and in some cases de-stink and then were carefully packed away for our trip back home.
But even away from the ocean we ran into treasures of the live variety....
Quinn saved this little guy from sure extinction when she found him crossing the road.
And this little cheeky guy has somehow convinced Nini to feed him every day. In all seriousness this little curly tailed lizard comes to the house at the same time every day and begs for cheese. Who knew that you could train lizards??
But the find of the trip was definitely Greyson's conch.
It was gorgeous (the picture really doesn't do the colors justice)- he happened upon it at low tide caught in the sand. Unfortunately he was very much alive (the conch and I guess Greyson too). I tried to convince myself that had we not found him he would have surely died, being beached and out of the water and besides how much 'quality of life' can a conch have?? But in the end I convinced myself (with a little help from my kids...."Mom we have to put him back and save him") that he should go back in the ocean. C'est la vie.
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Awesome finds! Especially all of those sand dollars! You will want to soak them all in fresh water and a little dish soap or peroxide before doing anything with them. The stink lingers longer than you think. We did that with our Hawai finds and the ones from Delaware shore. I will have to post some photos of the shell house we just started this weekend. Fun little project to do with all those shells.
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