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What Can I Find At the Beach? Walking the Carolinas Beaches - Grazia Walker
WHAT CAN I FIND AT THE
BEACH?
Walking the Carolinas Beaches
Grazia Walker
Copyright © 2016 Grazia Walker.
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ISBN: 978-1-4834-4922-7 (e)
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Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 04/27/2016
To my grandchildren Camryn, Ian and Sydney and to all the other wonders of Nature
Acknowledgments
For their contribution and advice I am indebted to Franco Sechi, Camryn, Sydney, and Michele Chepes, Tony Ansaldo, and to Martina Sechi.
Contents
Introduction
Preparation for Walking on the Beach
What do I see?
Sand, lots of sand
Origin
Composition
Strand Line (Wrack Line)
White and Dark Sand
Big and Small Holes in the Sand
Ways animals adapt to life in the ocean
Common Findings at the beach
What is a shell?
Bleached and Black Shells
What do mollusks eat?
How do Mollusks breathe?
How do Mollusks reproduce?
How do Mollusks move?
Do Mollusks have eyes?
Two Main Kinds of Shells
Gastropods: Snail Looking Shells
General Characteristics
Outside and Inside of a Gastropod
Most Common Gastropods and Identifying Features
Moon snails
Purple snail
Worm shell
Slipper snails
White baby ears
Scotch Bonnets shell
Ceritium snails
Olive snails
Egg cases of Gastropods
Bivalves: clam looking shells
General Characteristics
Outside and Inside Anatomy of a typical bivalve: the Quahog clam
Most Common Bivalves and Identifying Features
Crossed-bar venus clams
Surfclams
Ark Shells
Cockles
Oyster
Lucine
Jacknife Clam
Jingles Shells
Fossil Clams
Scallops
Tellins
Coquina clams
Angel Wings
Pen shell
Marks on shells
Holes on shells
Settlers on a shell: sponge, tubeworms and oyster
Other Beach Findings
Red Alga, also called red seaweed
Sponge
Gorgonian Coral
Bryozoan colony under the microscope X20
Hard coral on shells
Drift Wood
Shell Pieces
Mermaids’ Purses
Shark teeth
Bones of fishes and marine mammals
Bryozoans
Mended Shells
Sea urchin
Horseshoe Crabs
Activities connected to the beach
Glossary
Introduction
The purpose of this book is to foster in adults and children curiosity about the ocean. The beach is where the ocean meets the land and therefore we can learn a lot about the ocean by observing what is left on the beach. This book is for you, a beach walker, who wonders about how shells are formed and what happened to them along the way. You will be able to find and learn about the delicate and beautiful little shells, fragments of colorful shells polished by the ocean, and other items brought to the beach by waves. You would be able to find the life story of some broken shells: how did they live and how did they die? Did they spend most of their time buried in the mud? Where to go? You will be able to find interesting things on