In the Corralejo sand dunes in La Oliva, Fuerteventura, the sand is filled with billions of tiny snail shells.
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Lunacy What Is It?
- Thread starter momofthegoons
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At first I thought it was snake skin.
Yikes!
They're sure menacing looking aren't they? Thank goodness they aren't larger creatures!
Hoshizuna-no-Hama is a beach on Iriomote Island in Okinawa, Japan, famous for its unique sand composed of tiny star-shaped shells called Baclogypsina sphaerulata, the remains of foraminifera, single-celled organisms that create these shells as they grow in the ocean. The shells are white or brown and range in size from about 0.1 to 0.5 millimeters in diameter. Visitors are advised to enjoy the beach and search for the star-shaped sand during low tide and not remove any sand from the protected area.
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