{"id":8117,"date":"2010-11-18T23:46:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T04:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=8117"},"modified":"2010-11-18T23:52:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T04:52:55","slug":"thousands-of-mermaid-purses-wash-ashore-in-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=8117","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Mermaid Purses Wash Ashore in Sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-001-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8129\" title=\"skate case 001 840 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-001-840-480.jpg\" alt=\"skate case 001 840 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-001-840-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-001-840-480-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Mermaid Purses (Skate Egg Cases)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">As Turtle Journal continued sea turtle patrols this week, Sue Wieber Nourse encountered an interesting phenomenon on Sandwich beaches just west of Sandy Neck.\u00c2\u00a0 Lying within the high tide wrack were thousands of mermaid purses, skate egg casings, and hundreds of natural sponges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-008-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8119\" title=\"skate case 008 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-008-480.jpg\" alt=\"skate case 008 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-008-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-008-480-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Thousands of Mermaid Purses Wash Ashore<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">While it&#8217;s not unusual to discover tens of mermaid purses scattered in the wrack, or perhaps even a hundred on a long stretch of beach, the\u00c2\u00a0discovery of thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of skate egg cases densely mingled in the wrack is quite unusual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-003-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8125\" title=\"skate case 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"skate case 003 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"766\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Mermaid Purse (Raja sp.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">These mermaid purses are the egg cases of a skate (<em>Raja sp.<\/em>).\u00c2\u00a0 Sue holds one in her hands for comparative sizing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-002-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8127\" title=\"skate case 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"skate case 002 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/skate-case-002-480-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Thousands Washed Ashore in Wrack Line<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">As she walked along the beach, the density of skate cases\u00c2\u00a0remained the same for nearly a quarter mile.\u00c2\u00a0 Spot checking the egg cases, she discovered none with a baby skate still inside.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n google_ad_client = \"pub-6174531794045772\"; \/* TJ adds, 336x280, created 11\/14\/10 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"5313686105\"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mermaid Purses (Skate Egg Cases) As Turtle Journal continued sea turtle patrols this week, Sue Wieber Nourse encountered an interesting phenomenon on Sandwich beaches just west of Sandy Neck.\u00c2\u00a0 Lying within the high tide wrack were thousands of mermaid purses, skate egg casings, and hundreds of natural sponges. 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