tracer Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 tj found a fossil tooth from a seahorse. we know it was from a seahorse, because it's from a horse and it was found on the beach and it had bryozoa on it, so it came from the sea. you put two and two together, and you get a seahorse (or five, which is another discussion). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 what the heck - figured i throw in a picture of a weird crab. oh, the things that look like hunks of a blacktop road are hunks of a blacktop road. so much for access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Cool lookin Crab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 to heck with the seahorse. we also found a seadragon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Daniel AKA (Bones) Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Hippocampus aimei bullvine excrement v = 0.25 * g0.5 * SL1.67 * h-1.17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Well that sure is a variety of things you found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Nice tooth there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 to heck with the seahorse. we also found a seadragon. A baby Sea Zoria! http://www.seazoria.com/ Then, a more sobering thought; a child's toy amid the storm-tossed wrack; Ike's toll on human happiness... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Then, a more sobering thought; a child's toy amid the storm-tossed wrack; Ike's toll on human happiness... Auspex the philosopher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 "Then, a more sobering thought; a child's toy amid the storm-tossed wrack; Ike's toll on human happiness... " i didn't even really think about that. i've seen so much debris that it takes more to trip my senses now. some events just can't be comprehended. and the experiences can't be put into words. and the pictures can't all be shown. but one more that i took after the storm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 what the heck - figured i throw in a picture of a weird crab. oh, the things that look like hunks of a blacktop road are hunks of a blacktop road. so much for access. Your crab has been snared by the egg collar of a moon shell (we used to call them "whale's eyes" when I was a kid)! Makes me want to go back to the beach. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverphoenix Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I reckon that'd be the Texas City dike---looks similar to my hunting grounds around those parts Nice finds! And I find a ton of those crabs--can't remember what they're called, but they're harvested for food for sure (saw it on discovery channel on that crabbin show)--just don't eat em after they're dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Your crab has been snared by the egg collar of a moon shell (we used to call them "whale's eyes" when I was a kid)! Makes me want to go back to the beach. well, i could put you in contact with tens of thousands of those shells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy1971 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 nice tooth lol bubble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 to heck with the seahorse. we also found a seadragon. yes this dragon is different, hmm the pink i would say is r:42 and white:37, hey didnt feel like picking up the drum fish jaws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 what the heck - figured i throw in a picture of a weird crab. oh, the things that look like hunks of a blacktop road are hunks of a blacktop road. so much for access. tracer i didnt know you got crabs too!!! do you see alot of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 tracer i didnt know you got crabs too!!! do you see alot of these? not a whole lot, but some. mostly we see the standard blue crabs. some stone crabs. ghost crabs. saw a fiddler crab recently. hermit crabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 well, i could put you in contact with tens of thousands of those shells. Back in the mid-60s, my family picked up a couple dozen that seemed to be tennis ball sized. One of my first "beach" memories at Surfside. The egg "collar" (around the crab's leg) is usually never associated with the shell. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 not a whole lot, but some. mostly we see the standard blue crabs. some stone crabs. ghost crabs. saw a fiddler crab recently. hermit crabs. yea thats about what i would expect you to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 saw a bunch of egg collars the last time out. must be the sea son. (get it?) is that a sea snake on your shell )get it(? it's early, isn't it? i can tell by how i'm talking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Not sure if anyone cares, but I think that is a spider crab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Not sure if anyone cares, but I think that is a spider crab. It is probably Libinia dubia, the "longnosed spider crab", also known as the "southern spider crab". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Your crab has been snared by the egg collar of a moon shell (we used to call them "whale's eyes" when I was a kid)! Makes me want to go back to the beach. apparently there's info in the fossil record regarding a change in hunting tactics of the "shark eye" moon snail and his cousin, when attacking each other... adaptive predation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I love educated inferrence, especially when the clues are cryptic! (Translation: "Who'd a thunk it!") "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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