Woman Picks Up A Strange Shell On The Beach Then Flips It Over And Stares In Awe At Its Underside
When you're at the beach, there are few things more fun than combing through the sand for natural souvenirs like shells and coral. Most of the time, these objects have long been abandoned by the organisms that once called them home. But as one person recently discovered, that's not always the case!
A woman had been strolling along a beach when, right where the ocean met the shore, she spotted something commonly found by beachgoers. She plucked it from the sand, but when she took a closer look, she was shocked...
In 2012, a woman was walking along an undisclosed beach and combing the sand for something fun to collect to display at home. Down at the shore, with her feet in the white foam of the crashing waves, she found just what she was looking for.
It was a sand dollar! Flattened, dried-out, and dead sea urchins, sand dollars aren't exactly rare, but they're the perfect collector's item for beachgoers. This particular sand dollar, though, was less than ideal for bringing home...
This woman was no stranger to sand dollars, and from the moment she picked it up, she knew something was dramatically different. She could spot one of the most telling signs on the back side of the sand dollar...
With your typical sand dollar—the one your kids might stuff into a beach bucket and plop onto their dresser at home—"you'd be able to clearly see a set of grooves and an opening at the bottom," the woman said. But the one she held in her hand was different.