mermaids purses

actually have nothing to do with mermaids. They are the dried up egg cases of sharks, stingrays and skates. They are attached to seaweed and are black or golden coloured. Today we visited Hengistbury Head which juts into the English Channel near Bournmouth, Dorset, England.

[kali]

natures packaging

[KoalaGardens🐨]

wow the look like little skull caps with horns lol

[Babs]

What an interesting find.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

We get them washed up on our beaches too- but I never knew that's what they were! Nice shot!

[Gayle]

Wow! Such an amazing find! This is the first time I've seen these dried up egg cases so I looked them up online to satisfy my curiosity about them. So interesting! Funny that they're called mermaid's purses. :-)

[Rob Z]

These are always fascinating - you've made a great shot from them.

[Chris K]

@kali66 @koalagardens @onewing @olivetreeann @gaylewood @robz
thanks all. Interesting arent they

[bruni]

What a find. I had no idea what these were. learn something new again on 365.

[Chris K]

@bruni its wonderful the things we learn on here. I am always looking places up on google