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<\/a><\/p>\nI was welcomed home\u00a0from my Virginia Beach visit\u00a0to Sanibel by a bunch of FREAKS!! Shell freaks, that is. And I’m not even saying that we are a bunch of shell freaks (errr, although I guess we are). What I’m talking about are seashells that have odd growth patterns or defects that cause them to have weird shapes or colors that aren’t typical for the species. Look at this one….<\/p>\n
<\/a>Freak Scotch Bonnet<\/p><\/div>\n
This is the SCOTCH BONNET Clark found last weekend that he didn’t really mention all that much because he was so busy ribbing me about his JUNONIA – heehee. I saw this one in his picture<\/a><\/strong> and I thought it looked a little funny so I couldn’t wait to get my paws on it. Oooooh… So Cool! Do you see anything strange about this shell?<\/p>\n Freak Scotch Bonnet second lip<\/p><\/div>\n Now do you see it? It’s got a second “lip” where it doesn’t belong! Otherwise it is in fantastic shape! Here’s a look again at the SCOTCH BONNET I found in January<\/a><\/strong> along with the FREAK….<\/p>\n Freak difference<\/p><\/div>\n There is a category at the Sanibel Shell Fair and Show<\/a><\/strong> for “Unusual Variants- Albinos, Freaks, etc”. I think Clark should enter this one!!! It’s a Super Freak by Super Sheller Clark!<\/p>\n Apex of scotch bonnet with freak<\/p><\/div>\n Clark had sent a photo of this next FIGHTING CONCH FREAK he found on the same day but the photo was so blurry, I couldn’t really tell what it was, much less post it.<\/p>\n freak fighting conch<\/p><\/div>\n Yep! This is a juvenile FIGHTING CONCH that\u00a0maybe\u00a0thought he was a COWRIE.<\/p>\n freak fighting conch apex<\/p><\/div>\n Is that wild, or what! Here’s a side by side picture of another “regular” FIGHTING CONCH with this FREAK FIGHTING CONCH.<\/p>\n freak difference in conch shells<\/p><\/div>\n This next picture of an APPLE MUREX isn’t what I’d call a real FREAK but the coloring is so cool that it gives an optical illusion. This shell was in Clark’s photo in A Plate Stuffed With Shells <\/a><\/strong>and Cheri had commented that “It looks like a cross between a murex (texture) and a fighting conch (color)!!<\/em>“. It does! It’s just the coloring (it doesn’t show it as much as the original photo) so I’d say this one was a just little “freakish”.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>