Shelling tour - Ten Thousand Islands

[@TheMel1950]

Tou didn't pick up those great heart cockles and a bunch of others. Why?

[@shellingmomma]

There are many that I leave for others to enjoy. These are very common here and I already have enough of them. My house would be in hoarders if I took every single shell. 😂

[@christinewenke9537]

For educational purposes only the white sand dollars are actually alive you should only remove the brown ones they are dead

[@shellingmomma]

That is absolutely false. Please look up the correct information before commenting on posts.

[@williamwalters3796]

A sand dollar may appear green/brown or be white when dead. You can tell if it’s alive by the little tube feet on the bottom. If the bottom looks like a carpet, it’s alive! Sand dollars turn white after they die because it’s “skeleton” is left behind and the organic matter rots and is eaten away by other critters. Sometimes they are green when dead due to stuff like algae growing on them, but a bleach or hydrogen peroxide soak should clean them up.

[@yomama8873]

Cool🤩🤩💖

[@tommieopell1009]

Were those huge ones on the beach???

[@shellingmomma]

No, they were buried in the shallow water at low tide. 👍🏼😊

[@suzannemitchell618]

Amazing! But you walked by SOOO many good ones…frustrating for this viewer! 😢 Was it mainly a giant conch expedition?

[@shellingmomma]

Lol - I live here and I literally have too many shells to count so I leave most of them for the other visitors to enjoy. I only take ones I don’t have a completed jar full of yet. Or the cool weird ones. I do also still have “bucket list” shells that I’m searching for so I will continue to go out until I find them. I just don’t have anywhere to put tons more shells that I already have and definitely don’t need. 😊 So if you ever come to Florida and shell with me....know that most all will go to you! 👍🏼

[@suzannemitchell618]

@@shellingmomma It’s a date! ☺️ I’m in Plymouth, MA and our beaches have NOTHING! 😭 I must live vicariously through folks like you in shell Paradise…😍🤤

[@solaceinshelling6552]

This is unreal! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@Dominiclepickle]

Totally tubular