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I, and family, have found three on east Florida Beaches. I heard of one
making it to the south of Britain.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Mayhew" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:29 AM
Subject: Paper Nautailis in E. Canada!!!
> Just had to share this: an intact specimen of Argonauta argo was found
> this summer in good old Nova Scotia - ok, on one of our fine, frigid
> beaches. To my knowledge, this is the first such report from anywhere
> in Eastern Canada. To think of this fragile floating home for
> Scaphopods floating all those thousands of miles from the tropics, is
> quite something! Qestion: what other Northern Atlantic specimens are
> known: has it been found in the Azores, Cape Verde Is., or Europe?? Has
> it ever landed on the shores of Western Canada? How often does it even
> reach North America at all?
>
> From the Great Paper North,
> ross.
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