{"id":8391,"date":"2010-12-15T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=8391"},"modified":"2010-12-15T16:08:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T21:08:03","slug":"naples-vanderbilt-beach-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=8391","title":{"rendered":"Naples Vanderbilt Beach in December: 1-2-3-Jackpot!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-000-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8405 alignnone\" title=\"brittle stars 000 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-000-480.jpg\" alt=\"brittle stars 000 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-000-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-000-480-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Vanderbilt Beach\u00c2\u00a0 Brittle Star<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Sue Wieber Nourse of Turtle Journal scoured Vanderbilt Beach in Naples, Florida this Monday after a stormy cold-front riled up the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.\u00c2\u00a0 As she began strolling Vanderbilt, Sue found a brittle star tossed ashore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-001-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8403 alignnone\" title=\"brittle stars 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"brittle stars 001 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-001-480-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Two Brittle Stars on Vanderbilt Beach<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">A few paces south she discovered a pair of brittle stars that had also washed up on the beach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-002-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8401 alignnone\" title=\"brittle stars 002 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"brittle stars 002 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/brittle-stars-002-480-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Three Vanderbilt Beach Brittle Stars<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Like clockwork, the next batch contained\u00c2\u00a0three brittle stars.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact,\u00c2\u00a0storms\u00c2\u00a0had left hundreds and hundreds of brittle stars scattered\u00c2\u00a0all along Vanderbilt Beach.\u00c2\u00a0 A woman stopped Sue as she snapped photographs of these critters for Turtle Journal.\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;In all my years coming here to Naples\u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve never seen so many of these &#8230; ahhh &#8230; stars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-dollars-001-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8397 alignnone\" title=\"Sand dollars 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-dollars-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"Sand dollars 001 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-dollars-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Sand-dollars-001-480-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Brittle Star and Sand Dollars<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Not too far down the beach, Sue hit the metaphorical jackpot:\u00c2\u00a0 another brittle star guarding seven sand dollars.\u00c2\u00a0 Don&#8217;t spend them all in one place, Sue,\u00c2\u00a0unless you&#8217;re buying a sand castle or juicy mud pies.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n google_ad_client = \"pub-6174531794045772\"; 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