{"id":20507,"date":"2014-08-21T17:55:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T21:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=20507"},"modified":"2020-02-09T10:44:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T15:44:04","slug":"living-like-the-sanibel-shellbillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/21\/living-like-the-sanibel-shellbillies\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Like The Sanibel Shellbillies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I found this odd looking “thing” on the beach a while ago so I brought it home to do some research on it since it was so dang interesting. Sometimes I’m like Shelly May Clampett bringing home parts of “critters” that get washed up on the beach. Hmmmm…. “Hey Paw, which critter ya think this here thang belonged to? Ya think maybe a moose antler? Or some kinda critter lost a hand?” Shelly May may have never thought it looked like an alien’s Jazz Hands but I do! LOL After searching lots of websites without success, I found the answer in my trusty Living Beaches of Georgia and the Carolinas<\/a>\"\"<\/strong> book and learned it was a piece of a SEA TURTLE shell. It’s part of the lower shell called the HYPOPLASTRON<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two weeks ago, my friend Susan from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba had found a bone similar to this one and asked me if I knew what it was. Yes! A SEA TURTLE BONE! I wanted to show her a photo of mine but I couldn’t find it. Omigosh, where is it? Oh lawd, my SHELLABORATORY still looks like a SHELLNADO hit it. Every time I start organizing our stacks of shells<\/strong><\/a>, something else comes along so it stays a crazy mess.  Seriously, we look like the Clampetts (CLAMpetts heehee) on the Sanibel Shellbillies. Ack! So back to organizing…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honestly, it’s like discovering fun things all over again going through these containers and boxes… and then…. I found my SEA TURTLE BONE! Yay! This time, I wanted to find a home for it so I wouldn’t “lose” it again. I’ve been saving glass containers for years to one day organize our shells and bling so I’m making good use of them now. Every SEA TURTLE BONE we find now will go into the large jar on the right. All other bones from bait<\/strong><\/a>, fish bones and bird bones will be separated in other jars so that it will be easy and fun to do another post to identify some of the things you might find on the beach other than shells. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I can’t wait until my Shellaboratory is finally organized so at least we won’t be total Sanibel Shellbillies and I can easily find the things I want to share and post about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

… Like these MUREX shells I’m sorting out. I have 9 different species to separate so once I have a chance to photograph the individuals, I’ll have another “the difference between shells” post. I love those!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On a personal note without shells involved, it was a sad day to find out our wonderful palm tree that became an amazing bird condo for WOODPECKERS and SCREECH OWLS with have to be taken down. There’s no way to save it due to disease and it’s become unsafe with any high winds since it’s completely hollow now. We are so bummed! Clark, Dustie, PuppyCat<\/a> <\/strong>and I have witnessed many nests, babies and families come and go in the tree from our side porch view so we’ve grown to love seeing them every day. We hope to find someone who will build a replacement for our same WOODPECKERS and OWLS for us before next spring so please let me know if you have suggestions. The Sanibel Shellbillies don’t want to lose our critters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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