Sea Creatures

The treasures of the Atlantic...washed up right in front of us about 15 minutes before we left. I have wanted to find a conch for years... so I was excited to find this one...then not so excited when I saw it's occupant was still in residence!! The tough thing you can see at the bottom is the conchs "nail". It's hard like a hoof, and when you touch it the conch pulls inside the shell and protects himself with that hard outer nail. It is also reallly hard (and we later discovered, illegal!) to try and remove a conch from the shell. Anyways, interesting, right?