{"id":8561,"date":"2011-11-07T10:55:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=8561"},"modified":"2011-11-07T10:55:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T15:55:25","slug":"two-true-tulips-in-one-whopping-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/07\/two-true-tulips-in-one-whopping-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Two True Tulips In One Whopping Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I got a call from friend and shelling guide Captain Brian<\/strong> <\/a>about this guy Nick Hahn who comes to Sanibel every year and is a shell magnet. This year in only one week, he found these two huge colorful TRUE TULIPS! He found one at Cayo Costa (on one of the out islands on a shelling trip) and the second one he found in between Blind Pass Sanibel and Bowmans Beach. He said he even found a few more but they were alive so he had to put those back.<\/p>\n

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

He also found a white spined SEA URCHIN that someone told him was special. Hmmm. I’ve seen a few of these on the beach but I just assumed they were just bleached by the sun. So when I saw this one with all of his other beach combing \u00a0treasures, I looked it up. Sure enough, there is a WEST INDIAN SEA EGG<\/a><\/strong> found in Florida (but mostly more south in the Caribbean) with white spines.<\/p>\n

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

After looking closer, the test<\/a><\/strong> is of this URCHIN is almost black instead of the purplish color of the PURPLE SEA URCHIN that we often see after a storm. I’ll have to add this to my Beach Bling Identification<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>page!<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0Isn’t it so appropriate that he also found this very unusual pattern on a FIGHTING CONCH with the letter “H” on it ….. for Hahn? Congrats on all your special finds, Nick!<\/p>\n

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