Share if you love Seashells! ✨️⬇️ . Welcome to my Series "Favorites from my Seashell Collection" and this is Part 4! 🐚 . Be sure to watch Parts 1 through 3 to not miss out on all of the great shell finds! 🙌🏼 . Which of these is YOUR favorite? Let me know in the comments and Follow for more! 💙 . . Want to know my BEST beach combing tips? Click the "Subscription" tab in my bio for exclusive access! ✨️ . . Shells, Nature, Beach Life, Shelling, Florida, SWFL, #shells🐚 #seashellcollection #raref

Save & Read below! ✨️⬇️ . Let me tell you why the answer to this is always the same... . It's simple, and it's NO! 😱 . But you would be surprised how often this is assumed! Most serious shellers couldn't keep all of their shell finds even if they wanted to. 🤷🏻‍♀️ . Why? Because we collect often and in places where seashells are plentiful! 🐚 . There is no need for it. We come across so many amazing piles that buckets could not carry them all, and most shellers become picky after a while. 🙌🏼

Save & Read below ✨️⬇️ . There's so much that goes into a pretty photo... But my favorite part about photographing seashells, is the memories that come with it! . This stunning shell is a Knobbed Whelk I found in Outer Banks. When I find these whelks, a lot of times they initially lack color or vibrancy (as you can see in the first few clips). 💙 . I'm not always able to photograph them as found, so in this case, I took this shell home to clean, then picked a beautiful overcast sky to photograph

Share if you agree ✨️⬇️ . IMO, Mollusks are some of the most amazing animals to exist on this Earth. 💙 . They are crucial to healthy oceans, they filter the water, they create the most amazing seashells and are truly nature's architects! 🙌🏼 . What are your thoughts on this? Let me know in the comments and share with a friend who loves seashells 🐚 . . Never take live shells or creatures 🙏🏼 . #floridaseashells #beachcombingfinds #collectingseashells #swflorida #letsgoshelling #seashellsofins

Save this and read below! ⬇️ . If you want to learn more about seashells and mollusks, follow @theseashellmermaid 💙 . This was my most viewed reel of 2022. I think partly because it's a bit controversial. Please note that I will ALWAYS support ethical shelling FIRST. I think it's so important that we respect nature before thinking of how we can benefit from it. Below is my original caption: . . Mollusks with double sided shells are known as bivalves (two valves). The orange hinge you see at the

Save and Read below! 🐚⬇️ . You might be surprised to know that studies have shown that a high percentage of people do not know where seashells come from. . Well, if this is you, I'm here to explain it to you! 🥰 . Seashells are created by mollusks! These amazing animals are the perfect architects and form their shells from minerals in the ocean. 🌊 . Without mollusks, we would not have seashells on the beach! 🐚 . So it's so important to never take home a life seashell or creature 🙏🏼 . Did yo

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