{"id":11799,"date":"2012-08-20T19:42:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T23:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=11799"},"modified":"2020-01-19T23:46:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T04:46:44","slug":"finding-a-sanibel-seahorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/20\/finding-a-sanibel-seahorse\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding a Sanibel Seahorse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"seahorse<\/a><\/p>\n

I found a SEAHORSE on Bowman’s Beach!<\/p>\n

\"Golden<\/a><\/p>\n

I have only found one other SEAHORSE in all the years I have been shelling so this is a real treasure for me. After I washed some of \u00a0the sand off of him, I could see that his back fin had been broken off so that’s why the little guy didn’t make it. Poor little sweetie.<\/p>\n

\"seahorse<\/a><\/p>\n

SEAHORSES anchor themselves by their tail on sea grasses so maybe this guy couldn’t help but get pushed around with the tide on one of the pieces of SARGASSUM after his fin got damaged.\u00a0Last night the beach was littered with SARGASSUM<\/strong><\/a> which looks like a SEAWEED with little berries on it. This is NOT the same as the HYDROID<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>that I talked about on my last post. This will not sting you thank goodness.<\/p>\n

\"sargassum<\/a><\/p>\n

I was a little disappointed that there weren’t more shell piles instead of all this\u00a0BEACH BLING<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>but I just kept looking around the SARGASSUM and oodles of RED MANGROVE SEED PODS sprinkled along the beach.<\/p>\n

\"red<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s when I saw it!<\/p>\n

\"sandy<\/a><\/p>\n

I even got video of my find! Now you will see how much BEACH BLING I had to “weed” through to find this awesome treasure. Enjoy!<\/p>\n