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| Loggerhead beach |
Our guide was Monet and she led us up the beach. She explained that all the islands in the Keys were made of dead coral and sand washed up onto them to make the Keys. On the walk we saw many crabs and crab-holes made by ghost crabs. We also saw a live Horse Conch (pronounced 'konk') in the water next to a dead Queen Conch shell; it had eaten it. We also saw many colorful fish and a peculiar fish called a Bat Fish.
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| It does look a little like a bat |
It walked along the seabed with it’s fins and looked a little bit like a frog with a long tail. Many different sea pods washed up on shore. We saw a sea heart pod with barnacles on it, and a type of pod that looked like beans.
After the walk I tried to eat an edible plant, called a Sea Purslane, and it tasted salty and bitter! We also saw a plant called the Nickerbean.
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| Nickerbean beans |
It was thorny and had grey seeds inside them that were the size of a marble. We had a good time with Monet and I learned a great deal!
