Post #440155 by Polynesiac on Sun, Mar 15, 2009 2:33 PM

Great pics and stories everyone!!! keep 'em coming!

ATT - your parents have a beautiful setup. I've always admired the scottish countryside, but I have yet to visit some of that beautiful coastline. Thank you for sharing the history and interesting finds you happened accross everyday (!) after school!!! Too cool!!!

Just a little FYI to all of us on US soil who happen upon a deceased marine mammal.
here is a link to the Marine Mammal Protection Act: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/laws/mmpa.pdf

Shells, exposed fossils of fish and inverts, rocks, etc. (as long as the coast line is not a protected area - check with fish and game before you go). The removal of any trash (this includes sea glass, broken plates, fishing industry waste like floats, nets, anchors, etc) are perfectly fine from any beach. Dead marine mammals and all their bits need to stay. If you see one washed up on a public beach, let the lifeguards know and they will drag the carcass back to the ocean to decompose (or sometimes bury it - but don't try to use dynamite to get rid of it! watch this old video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_t44siFyb4 ).

Marine mammal bones and teeth are very cool, and their are a number of locations that sell replica bones like:
http://www.boneclones.com/
http://www.boneroom.com/casts/bclonemarine.html
These replicas are perfectly legal to own and add to carvings and whatnot.

Polynesiac - putting the "F" back in "ART"

[ Edited by: Polynesiac 2009-03-15 14:34 ]

[ Edited by: Polynesiac 2009-03-15 17:21 ]