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These Things Are Washing Up On Beaches Everywhere, And You Won’t Believe What They Are.

Finding shells on the beach can be a wonderful experience for any kid. They get to learn about the ocean and the animals that once lived in these shells. The beach alone can be a wonderful learning environment, surrounded by sand and the waves to make everything peaceful. But you have a lot of explaining to do if you see one of these wash up on shore. Image Credit: Boredom Therapy It’s called a geoduck (pronounced ‘gooey-duck’), and it’s one of the most obscene looking creatures to come out of the ocean. Image Credit: Boredom Therapy They’re native to North America but they’re seen as a delicacy around the world. Image Credit: Boredom Therapy They can get to be quite large, which surely provides a lot of meat to the table, but that’s what they’re known for in America. Image Credit: Boredom Therapy Image Credit: Boredom Therapy Because of their ability to dig very deep in order to escape from predators, they can live as long as 150 years, and that gives them ...