{"id":2708,"date":"2010-09-01T06:28:44","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T10:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2010-09-01T10:50:41","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T14:50:41","slug":"manatee-grass-and-hermit-crabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/01\/manatee-grass-and-hermit-crabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Manatee Grass and Hermit Crabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2709\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Manatee-grass-on-Sanibel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2709\" data-attachment-id=\"2709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/01\/manatee-grass-and-hermit-crabs\/manatee-grass-on-sanibel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Manatee-grass-on-Sanibel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1283297918&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Manatee grass on Sanibel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Manatee grass &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Manatee-grass-on-Sanibel.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2709\" title=\"Manatee grass on Sanibel\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Manatee-grass-on-Sanibel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Manatee-grass-on-Sanibel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Manatee-grass-on-Sanibel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manatee grass <\/p><\/div>\n<p>It looks like julienned coconuts, parmesan cheese or some sort of spaghetti, doesn&#8217;t it? There are wash lines of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sccf.org\/content\/169\/Manatee-Grass-on-Area-Beaches.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">MANATEE GRASS<\/a><\/strong> at the tip of the lighthouse beach. We finally had a beautiful day so I needed to get out on the beach whether there were shells or no shells. Unfortunately, not many keepers. There were clam shells and scallops and that&#8217;s about it for shells.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2710\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Tree-root-Sanibel-lighthouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2710\" data-attachment-id=\"2710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/01\/manatee-grass-and-hermit-crabs\/tree-root-sanibel-lighthouse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Tree-root-Sanibel-lighthouse.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1283297841&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tree root Sanibel lighthouse\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tree roots at the lighthouse&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Tree-root-Sanibel-lighthouse.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2710\" title=\"Tree root Sanibel lighthouse\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Tree-root-Sanibel-lighthouse-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Tree-root-Sanibel-lighthouse-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Tree-root-Sanibel-lighthouse.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tree roots at the lighthouse<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And the SHARK&#8217;S TOOTH frenzy in Manasota Key continues! Our friends Joe and Manuela took a day trip down to Stump Pass and found their first shark&#8217;s teeth&#8230;&#8230;83 of them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2717\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Shark-tooth-Joe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2717\" data-attachment-id=\"2717\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/01\/manatee-grass-and-hermit-crabs\/shark-tooth-joe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Shark-tooth-Joe.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"612,459\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shark tooth Joe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shark Tooth Joe (Ft Myers)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Shark-tooth-Joe.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2717\" title=\"Shark tooth Joe\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Shark-tooth-Joe-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Shark-tooth-Joe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Shark-tooth-Joe.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shark Tooth Joe (Ft Myers)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have another video for you! I didn&#8217;t do fancy editing or add any music this time. It&#8217;s just a raw piece that shows exactly what I saw for 5 minutes. A hermit crab took a new home in a KING&#8217;S CROWN and was so happy that he was doing the happy dance &#8230;. Another crab in a MUREX shell peeking out .. .A pelican flying so low he was teasing the water&#8230;. the sky so rich. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uTK7ds3aavA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Big, scary Hurricane Earl is headed toward the east coast and already stirring up the waters on our side so we are keeping a close eye on the weather and keeping our fingers crossed that he just fizzles out before any damage occurs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2719\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/19\/write-from-the-beach-giveaway\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2719\" data-attachment-id=\"2719\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/01\/manatee-grass-and-hermit-crabs\/white-pelican-note-card-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/White-Pelican-note-card.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1280086968&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"White Pelican note card\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Only 3 more days to enter Write From The Beach GiveAway! Pass the word- click here!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/White-Pelican-note-card.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2719\" title=\"White Pelican note card\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/White-Pelican-note-card-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only 3 more days to enter Write From The Beach GiveAway! Pass the word- click here!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like julienned coconuts, parmesan cheese or some sort of spaghetti, doesn&#8217;t it? There are wash lines of MANATEE GRASS at the tip of the lighthouse beach. We finally had a beautiful day so I needed to get out on the beach whether there were shells or no shells. Unfortunately, not many keepers. 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