Beach Adventure With Tully - Part 2

It is raining today so I am glad Tully and I could go to the beach last week! He is still chatting about it.  

Sir Tully has great skills when it comes to sports. Dragon are very quick to learn and are good sports!

I was so impressed when he caught the ball in air and landed with it in his wings! 

You all know Sir Tully likes ALL animals. Well, he saw this little honey bee struggling in the water so i walked over and it climbed onto my shoe.  I carefully walked with my toe pointed upwards a bit to safer higher ground.

Tully found a safe, warm and dry shell for his new fellow flying friend to recoup on. Mr. Bee immediately began wiggling around to dry off.

Tully has never seen a Sand Dollar before. He has heard that they are coins lost by mermaids.

The interesting thing is I have shells at home and they are all white. But, did you know that Sand Dollars are darker (where I live they are actually a beautiful shade of purple) when they are alive?

I cannot believe I filmed one moving!

The underside of a Sand Dollar has all these little spine like (not sharp) protrusions that allow it to move, burrow and move their food along their bodies. I could feel them on my hand.

Sand Dollars like to burrow down into the sand to be safe. There are two of them in this picture - can you find them?

Sir Tully was very hungry after our day of fun at the beach. He decided to try some seaweed (this is kelp) and he loved it!

Have an Adventurous Day!

XO
Tully and Me

If you want to learn more about Sand Dollars check out the Monterey Bay Aquarium's website
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?enc=Z5SIVkZ+n+VfIl75Mb+zkw==