Photo taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N95 at Dog Beach.

Wed 07.16.08 - After Scruffy's vet appointment today, I treated Scruffy to a walk at Dog Beach. As he ran along, I walked looking for photos. For the first time ever, I came across a shell that still had its animal in it (the "pod" as in foot, still attached).

I poked the pod lightly and it did not retract the pod, so I assumed it was dead. Also, this is the first time I have seen this style of shell on the beach. In shell shops yes, in the tropics yes, but on a beach in Southern California being washed up by the high tide? No.

To memorialize our friend the fairly long traveled shell, here is your photo with a piece of seaweed.