{"id":6703,"date":"2011-06-21T12:09:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T16:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=6703"},"modified":"2018-10-06T23:03:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T03:03:26","slug":"florida-keys-atlantic-deer-cowrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/florida-keys-atlantic-deer-cowrie\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Keys Atlantic Deer Cowrie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Keys deer cowrie aperture\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-deer-cowrie-aperture.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/florida-keys-atlantic-deer-cowrie\/keys-deer-cowrie-aperture\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-deer-cowrie-aperture.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-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1308646384&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;Keys deer cowrie aperture&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Keys deer cowrie aperture\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Keys deer cowrie aperture&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-deer-cowrie-aperture.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6706 aligncenter\" title=\"Keys deer cowrie aperture\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-deer-cowrie-aperture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Keys deer cowrie aperture\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-deer-cowrie-aperture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-deer-cowrie-aperture.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We brought home this ATLANTIC DEER COWRIE from the Florida Keys after a long weekend road trip shelling adventure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Deer Cowrie over water\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Deer-Cowrie-over-water.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6704\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/florida-keys-atlantic-deer-cowrie\/deer-cowrie-over-water\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Deer-Cowrie-over-water.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix XP20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1308610859&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Deer Cowrie over water&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Deer Cowrie over water\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Deer Cowrie over water&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Deer Cowrie over water&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Deer-Cowrie-over-water.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6704 aligncenter\" title=\"Deer Cowrie over water\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Deer-Cowrie-over-water-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Deer Cowrie over water\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Deer-Cowrie-over-water-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Deer-Cowrie-over-water.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This might be my hand showing this beautiful empty seashell but I wasn&#8217;t the one who found it. Of course, that would be Clark who spotted this gorgeous, rich chocolate shell snorkeling in areas of the Keys we had no idea existed for shells.\u00a0\u00a0I hear DEER COWRIES are fairly common finds in the Keys but it doesn&#8217;t matter whether is is common or not to us- we were still very excited to find an empty one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Florida Keys Deer Cowrie\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-Deer-Cowrie.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/florida-keys-atlantic-deer-cowrie\/keys-deer-cowrie\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-Deer-Cowrie.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-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1308646362&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;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Keys Deer Cowrie&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Florida Keys Deer Cowrie\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Florida Keys Deer Cowrie&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Florida Keys Deer Cowrie&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-Deer-Cowrie.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6707 aligncenter\" title=\"Florida Keys Deer Cowrie\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-Deer-Cowrie-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Keys Deer Cowrie\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-Deer-Cowrie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Keys-Deer-Cowrie.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Clark found this snorkeling off Big Pine Key which is an island also known for the cutest miniature deer\u00a0called Key Deer\u00a0who roam around in people&#8217;s yards, in parking lots &#8230;. anywhere they please.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Big Pine Key Deer\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Big-Pine-Key-Deer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/florida-keys-atlantic-deer-cowrie\/big-pine-key-deer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Big-Pine-Key-Deer.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1308507287&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Big Pine Key Deer&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Big Pine Key Deer\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Big Pine Key Deer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Big Pine Key Deer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Big-Pine-Key-Deer.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6709 aligncenter\" title=\"Big Pine Key Deer\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Big-Pine-Key-Deer-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Big Pine Key Deer\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Big-Pine-Key-Deer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Big-Pine-Key-Deer.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Key Deer came right up to me and posed so I could take her picture&#8230; and maybe show me how pretty her eyes were. \u00a0Hmmmmm. I think she was telling me where they got the name DEER COWRIE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Key Deer\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Key-Deer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/florida-keys-atlantic-deer-cowrie\/key-deer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Key-Deer.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1308507302&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Key Deer&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Key Deer\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Key Deer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Key Deer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Key-Deer.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6705 aligncenter\" title=\"Key Deer\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Key-Deer-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Key Deer\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Key-Deer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Key-Deer.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have got so many photos to go through to show you the rest of the shells we found and about our lovely hosts\/friends\/shelling guides all in one. I&#8217;ve even got a short video of the beautiful fish I got underwater that I hope to post tomorrow&#8230;. so stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Map Florida Keys\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Map-Florida-Keys.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/21\/florida-keys-atlantic-deer-cowrie\/map-florida-keys\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Map-Florida-Keys.gif\" data-orig-size=\"770,361\" 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=\"Map Florida Keys\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Map Florida Keys&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Map Florida Keys&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Map-Florida-Keys.gif\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6708 aligncenter\" title=\"Map Florida Keys\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Map-Florida-Keys-300x140.gif\" alt=\"Map Florida Keys\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Map-Florida-Keys-300x140.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Map-Florida-Keys.gif 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We brought home this ATLANTIC DEER COWRIE from the Florida Keys after a long weekend road trip shelling adventure. This might be my hand showing this beautiful empty seashell but I wasn&#8217;t the one who found it. Of course, that would be Clark who spotted this gorgeous, rich chocolate shell snorkeling in areas of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2246,886,887,1351],"tags":[1186,1191,1187,1189,1190,1188],"class_list":["post-6703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-pine-key","category-cowrie","category-deer-cowrie","category-florida-keys-trip","tag-altantic-deer-cowrie","tag-big-pine-key","tag-brown-spotted-cowrie","tag-florida-keys-seashells","tag-key-deer","tag-shelling-in-florida-keys","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-1K7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27959,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions\/27959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}