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05-08-11, 10:53 AM
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Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
I found this diving in Cuba, I've never seen anything like it so wouldn't mind some help identifying it.
Sorry for picture quality my camera is on the verge of dieing.
The shell looks like a tube slide in an amusement park, at no point does one "tube" touch another, it spirals down to a point. If you want i can try and get better photos.
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05-08-11, 06:33 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
may or may not be digimon poop. im not sure.
sorry i have no idea
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05-08-11, 06:36 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
it could be a tube fish fossil
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05-08-11, 06:40 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
Whatever it is it looks cool as hell, might take it to the museum and get it identified there. I start volunteering at a reptile zoo on Tuesday, so my time is going to be pretty tight for a while (2 hours there and 2 hours back every other day)
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05-08-11, 06:41 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
or maybe take it too the zoo and see if they know.
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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05-08-11, 06:49 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
Already did, its a reptile zoo and they couldn't identify it.
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05-08-11, 06:51 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
thats cool whats the zoo's name, so why do you think a museum will be able too?
maybe check a aquatic forum?
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
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05-08-11, 06:55 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
Ottawa Reptile Zoo | Birthday Party Ottawa | Ottawa Summer Camps
Besides a few things like 2-3 hots per enclosure it looks like ill have a blast working there. Can't really say much wrong with it.
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05-10-11, 03:21 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
It is the former home of a marine worm. Most likely a feather duster. It's a combination of sediment and saliva. YouTube - Feather duster worm
Usually they are straight but if the worm has lived in the same tube for a very long time it will end up building it in a coil.
It is not a shell.
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05-10-11, 03:35 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
I have seen those before, this IS a shell im 100% certain.
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05-15-11, 09:10 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
it's not a shell.
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05-16-11, 06:58 AM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
it's pretty neat looking!! we have similar things at the cottage but i think those are just spiral-y water snails of some kind
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07-22-11, 12:47 PM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
The museum finally got back to me.
We talked on the phone for about an hour, they haven't looked at anything quite like it before.
I have a meeting for tuesday, he wants to see it in person. I'm getting a free tour of the Museum of Natures private collection, and we will continue talking there!
WOOT!!!
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08-01-11, 08:59 AM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
Did you end up making it to the museum? I don't quite remember if you ever rescheduled?
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08-01-11, 09:09 AM
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Re: Found a unique shell on my last vaction to Cuba.
Talking to him via email right now, he found 2 similar shells, and wants to meet.
I'll tell you how it goes tonight.
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