Big time fun at Big Hickory Island with this big bunch of fabshellous folks! Our boat with Sight Sea-R Cruises took us to this amazing island with clear blue water, lots of sunshine... And seashells to find on the beach. And treasures to find in the water. I'm a little delayed in posting, but this was last week on Halloween day. Cutie trick or treaters found lots of seashell treats. That's an amazing ALBINO LACE MUREX along side those 2 FLORIDA CONES, huge BABYS EAR and sweet striped SUNRAY VENUS. Fantastic finds! I couldn't believe I even found a fossil SHARK'S TOOTH. Every time I'm on this cruise, I'm thrilled to meet and see shellers find such exquisite gems. I look so forward to these trips! Did ya see the awesome post about this shelling cruise written by Robin Draper of Authentic Florida? Her Authentic Florida blog is devoted to giving us the best info on everything cool thing in …
Shark's Teeth
Catching A Sanibel Shark With The Shark Wrestler
I caught a 200 pound LEMON SHARK! Oh yes I did... and I reeled her in from about 500 yards from the beach. I may have reeled it in but.... Okay, to be fair... my friend Elliot Sudal- aka - "The Shark Wrestler" did everything else. Now don't think because Elliot's been named "The Shark Wrestler" and "The Shark Wrangler" by national press like National Geographic, CNN, Fox News and ABC News that catching this beast is "mean" or dangerous for the SHARK. He's a SHARK conservationist. Elliot is part of a research team that tags SHARKS for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Since 1962, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Cooperative Shark Tagging Program (CSTP) has been a tagging study for shark and ray species in the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean to better understand their movement patterns, abundance, when/where they use coastal habitats, what distances they migrate and where they migrate to. Once he catches a SHARK, he tags, …
Identify Your Shark’s Teeth
A couple of weeks ago we found quite a few SHARK'S TEETH during our Shellabaloo 2 shelling adventure on a full day Captiva Cruise trip to the north side of Cayo Costa. These are just a few of the many FOSSILS we found... After seeing so many different types of FOSSIL SHARK'S TEETH in just one area, I wanted to identify which type tooth was from what type of SHARK. Looking through my handy "Fossilized Shark's Teeth & Fossils" book by Byron Fink, this is what I found.... The SAND SHARK and TIGER SHARK TEETH are quite different and a bit easier to identify... The SNAGGLETOOTH SHARK is easier to identify if the serrated right edge isn't worn to much... The LEMON SHARK isn't as easy to I.D. if the "gum" part isn't as prominent as these... I still have a hard time distinguishing the MAKO and BULL SHARKS because they look so much alike and remember, they have different teeth in the lower and upper jaws AND they look different in the Labial View as opposed to …
