{"id":19130,"date":"2014-04-22T17:07:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T21:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=19130"},"modified":"2014-04-22T17:07:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T21:07:25","slug":"minutes-for-mini-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/22\/minutes-for-mini-shells\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutes For Mini Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I had a few extra minutes today (how did my life get so busy?) so I snagged those few minutes to take a beach break. I’m so glad I did! With a beautiful 75 degrees and a slight breeze, Sanibel Lighthouse Beach was the perfect hunting ground for the minis. I found a BROWN BAND WENTLETRAP along with a cutie DUSKY CONE, TUSKS, SPARSE DOVE SHELLS<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and many other sweet shells.<\/p>\n

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

After I found a few of these beauties, I saw something else weird wash up in the surf that look sort of like giant orange pulp (with a strange alien creature in each pulp)….<\/p>\n

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

Dr. Eric Milbrandt<\/strong><\/a> from Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>identified it for me as a Clavelina picta<\/em><\/strong><\/a> COLONIAL TUNICATE. It’s in the same family as the SEA PORK<\/strong><\/a> we see often on our beaches. Weird and very cool. Thanks Eric!\u00a0 (BTW, I put it back in the water since it still had fluid in each of those sacs)<\/p>\n

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

Before I found the TUNICATE and the BROWN BAND WENTLETRAP, I filmed a little video because I was so shocked that I walked right out from the parking lot to find so many goodies. I normally have to search high and low to find a honey hole of minis! I’ll show you exactly where I found all of my minis and my orange glob of coolness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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