shell in hand
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My hand makes a sea-monster shadow. The shadow’s bumps and dips echo the nubbed surface of the spiny Florida jewelbox clam (Arcinella cornuta, family Chamidae).
Anthropocentrically speaking, the ratio of a human to a one-inch seashell is 70:1.
"Because seashells are important to the islands’ chain of life, and because Sanibel and Captiva are refuge islands where all life is considered precious, the State of Florida has outlawed the collecting of live shells on the island. “Live shell” is defined as any specimen containing an inhabitant, whether or not the mollusk seems alive. The law also protects sand dollars, starfish and sea urchins. All shelling is prohibited in J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
Sheller’s [sic] are urged to limit even their empty-shell collection. Hauling away seashells by the bucketful diminishes supplies and the value of a single shell. For, as Anne Morrow Lindbergh in Gift From the Sea wrote while visiting these islands, 'One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.'”
http://sanibel-captiva.org/sanibel-island-shelling/
Anthropocentrically speaking, the ratio of a human to a one-inch seashell is 70:1.
"Because seashells are important to the islands’ chain of life, and because Sanibel and Captiva are refuge islands where all life is considered precious, the State of Florida has outlawed the collecting of live shells on the island. “Live shell” is defined as any specimen containing an inhabitant, whether or not the mollusk seems alive. The law also protects sand dollars, starfish and sea urchins. All shelling is prohibited in J.N. 'Ding' Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
Sheller’s [sic] are urged to limit even their empty-shell collection. Hauling away seashells by the bucketful diminishes supplies and the value of a single shell. For, as Anne Morrow Lindbergh in Gift From the Sea wrote while visiting these islands, 'One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.'”
http://sanibel-captiva.org/sanibel-island-shelling/
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kk, “shell in hand,” The Middle Shore, accessed May 15, 2024, https://middleshore.omeka.net/items/show/50.