coney island.........always looks so special and appealing to me.........

r.e. little creatures crawling............

you know..........sometimes there were hermit crabs inside the seashells...they were hiding so inside that they were impossible to be seen...............they crawled out when they were aware that they were not in the sea.....we then put them in a box and gave them back to the sea.............one morning i collected a great lot of seashells on my one....when i brought them home and took them out of my swimsuit pocket, SEVEN!!! little crabs came out of my pocket too...........juanjo did not like the fact that i had taken so many crabs away from their natural environment and forbid me to go picking any more seashells...........!!!..

of course we put them back home..............

of course i kept picking seashells..........

r.e. thumb

yes.........! that is an asiatico...........! we have discovered a new bistro in cartagena where they prepare them so so so well...........

r.e. what are those?

i was not aware that you did not have those on your beaches...........

i do not know what they are actually............

they appear on the beach after heave wave storms.............they are made of vegetal dead matter.........probably some kind of very thing seawed..........they feel very rough......and are very light........some of them float......some others do not.........they smell of sea water...........you would love them............

i found this article on the seaweed balls.........it is in spanish but i imagine you would be able to use an online translator to have it in english...........

https://educaconbigbang.com/2015/01/la-posidonia-oceanica/

another article............apparently they are able to grab and wrap little plastic pieces so it is removed from the sea when the balls move ashore..........

https://www.ub.edu/web/ub/en/menu_eines/noticies/2021/01/003.html