#shell collection

I was obsessed with them as a kid and literally any and every family friend that went on vacation anywhere smuggled them back for me because they knew. A lot are from my late grandmother's collection.

I am so familiar with some of these it's like seeing an old friend again after years especially the shells that formerly belonged to my hermit crabs.

Keeping it hidden under my bed because fuck putting it in storage it's like a free antidepressant sorting through the bin I could do it all day and never get tired of it.

Eventually I would love a wall display or cabinet and I wanna label and sort the very cool distinctive ones like my own little museum.

Also there's a tiny hand in there lmao

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I’ve been yapping with my mutual about this for ages and need to finally play catch up. Some things may appear twice (as in they showed up in the last post) because I’ve reorganized how I’m holding these.

@thebrokenmechanicalpencil- I’m sharing finally.

But! I’ve had a good few days hunting. Im going to need to split what I have into a couple posts.

We have some sharks teeth and various shells.

These are the same things. One has my quarter for comparison the other has actual photo quality. But sea robin skulls. Specifically the… Neuro something or whatever. Brain plate.

We have ray and pufferfish mouth plates and some vertebrae. The first two are fragments but that last small one is whole! It was a really cool find!

Once again (for the first time in over a year) using this blog to be a bit of a marine biology nerd! (For my last post similar to this, click this link here! I scrolled down so you don't have to!)

So last year I "inherited" a seashell collection from my maternal grandmother (it wasn't like left in a will or officially bequeathed or anything, but my mum figured I'd be a worthy recipient of them), and I'm only just now getting around to actually making a post about them!

I was a big collector of shells myself when it came to beach trips as a child, but most of the shells I amassed were typically one of about three different types, compared to the over a dozen different families represented here! (NOTE: I feel obliged to say that caution and restraint should be exhibited when it comes to wanting to collect shells on the beach. A shell might still have a creature living in it, or it might become a future home for an organism if left on the beach, or it might break down over time to become part of the sand, which is also important! Bivalve shell halves like pipi and oyster shells are usually fine to collect, but still limit how many you take, and don't take any at all if the beach has a "no collecting" sign on it! And remember that sometimes the biggest and/or prettiest shells are the ones that should be left alone the most! Just take pictures instead!)

With all that being said, click "keep reading" if you wanna know more about what the shells in the picture are!

She cant be taking her brother's hobbies like that. I get there is a difference between these shells and the shells in Anchordeep.

However, her and Kallamar both having an interest in collecting shells from their own domains is a nice thing between siblings. Though