Grier
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I've seen some used as an ashtray but No, sorry, not an ashtray.
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Grier
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It is indeed a seashell Thomas! Bingo!
Bleached by time and tide, it once protected a marine creature. Your turn.
This is mine:
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Grier
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As above, it protected a marine creature.
looker-on
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A well-preserved and complete sample, Terry. Do you happen to know what kind it is? Where did you find it?It is indeed a seashell Thomas! Bingo!
Bleached by time and tide, it once protected a marine creature. Your turn.
This is mine:
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Grier
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Like a Magpie I've been picking up all sorts of things my whole life Thomas. I really can't say when or where I acquired my "Sea Snail" shell, due to my poor memory.
Using Google's visual search I found the common name but there were a lot of names in Latin too.
This is one of my best finds, a Brain Coral I found on a beach about 1000km north of Perth. I remember this one's find whilst fishing for Snapper at a place called Quobba 35 years ago.
This one below is a big chunk of Clear Quartz I found in a dry riverbed about 2000km north of Perth 45 years ago whilst Surveying.
I cemented it in next to my letter box.
Note the damage done to it by local children knocking off chunks of it. That's ok.
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Well done Thomas and a brilliant item Terry. How big is it mate.It is indeed a seashell Thomas! Bingo!
Bleached by time and tide, it once protected a marine creature. Your turn.
This is mine:
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I remember finding a shell on the beach, very similar to this, so I took it home and put it in the sink to wash it, when I got back to it it had moved and had pink legs sticking out of it, whatever it was it was still alive!It is indeed a seashell Thomas! Bingo!
Bleached by time and tide, it once protected a marine creature. Your turn.
This is mine:
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Grier
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It might have been a Hermit crab Jessica. They are little crabs with a soft shell so they go and find an old bleached shell to make its home and armour. My two daughters were all into that sort of thing. Pets everywhere! I accidentally once sat and squashed a pet mouse sleeping behind a cushion. A long sleep!I remember finding a shell on the beach, very similar to this, so I took it home and put it in the sink to wash it, when I got back to it it had moved and had pink legs sticking out of it, whatever it was it was still alive!
I recall you telling us about this Jessica. I went online then posted a creature and you said resembled the one you had.I remember finding a shell on the beach, very similar to this, so I took it home and put it in the sink to wash it, when I got back to it it had moved and had pink legs sticking out of it, whatever it was it was still alive!
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
That's so exotic stuff for me. Thanks for sharing, Terry. I'm trying to envisage you as a Magpie.Like a Magpie I've been picking up all sorts of things my whole life Thomas. I really can't say when or where I acquired my "Sea Snail" shell, due to my poor memory.
Using Google's visual search I found the common name but there were a lot of names in Latin too.
This is one of my best finds, a Brain Coral I found on a beach about 1000km north of Perth. I remember this one's find whilst fishing for Snapper at a place called Quobba 35 years ago.
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This one below is a big chunk of Clear Quartz I found in a dry riverbed about 2000km north of Perth 45 years ago whilst Surveying.
I cemented it in next to my letter box.
Note the damage done to it by local children knocking off chunks of it. That's ok.
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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
I'll pass that on to anyone interested.
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Yeah I recall sharing it here!
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That's so exotic stuff for me. Thanks for sharing, Terry. I'm trying to envisage you as a Magpie.
A Maggie readying herself to swoop on some unsuspecting walker or even a bicycle rider Thomas.
They were prolific at boarding school as by the side of our playing fields, yes the same ones where cows grazed, were two tall rows of pine trees that nested at least a dozen Maggies. As soon as we left the school house and made our way onto the fields the pesky birds would swoop. So, what must have been a hilarious site for an onlooker, with five or so boys waving franticly to shoo them away before they tried to take a clump of your hair for their nest.
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We get heaps of Magpies in my Perth, W Aust. They squack and carry on in busy groups. Sometimes half a dozen digging worms out on my front lawn. They're very intelligent for a bird and remember human faces, especially nasty boys'. I have no issue with my local ones, even during their swooping season. They know me.
My old Mum used to feed them meat offcuts which they loved.
Our big black Ravens are likewise Intelligent, as are most Aussie parrots. They escaped the 65 million year ago cataclysm that wiped out most of the dinosaurs. Australia was geographically distant from the meteor strike, so many avian species survived and kept evolving. An Ancient land indeed.
Australia was then part of the massive southern land mass of Gondwana if memory of history lessons serves. Yes there we are.
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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
We have magpies here and I can watch them from my lounge room. I have a birdhouse in the garden which I haven't used for some time. One day, I came up with the crazy idea to deposit a spare key in it thinking it was safe. Being aware of the magpies, I wrapped up the key with tape that was waterproof and not shiny. After some time, I remembered the key, checked the birdhouse but didn't find it. 
Holy..., I thought while remembering the magpies. My eyes kept wandering around the spot and, suddenly, I discovered the key on the lawn. Presumably, the magpie had picked it up and then let it drop since it was not shiny enough. This incident made me buy a key safe which is in my shed for easy access, should I have locked myself out.
Holy..., I thought while remembering the magpies. My eyes kept wandering around the spot and, suddenly, I discovered the key on the lawn. Presumably, the magpie had picked it up and then let it drop since it was not shiny enough. This incident made me buy a key safe which is in my shed for easy access, should I have locked myself out.
Is this the safe or what Thomas?We have magpies here and I can watch them from my lounge room. I have a birdhouse in the garden which I haven't used for some time. One day, I came up with the crazy idea to deposit a spare key in it thinking it was safe. Being aware of the magpies, I wrapped up the key with tape that was waterproof and not shiny. After some time, I remembered the key, checked the birdhouse but didn't find it.
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