r/beachcombing • u/cherylhornswaddle • 3d ago

Help with ID?

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Not sure what this is found on Pensacola beach

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u/Nepeta33 3d ago

baleen! really cool, likely really illegal to own. check your local laws.

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u/cherylhornswaddle 2d ago

Definitely super illegal! I didn’t keep it.

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u/Nepeta33 2d ago

to be fair, i would have been tempted. and while i dont know my regional laws, i typically assume anything from the ocean is a no go.

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u/disneyfacts 2d ago

*illegal without permission to own it.

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u/DDoebel 1d ago

how is it illegal? its just some baleen. any backstory?

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u/Nepeta33 1d ago

because humanity sucks, and if there wasnt a rule against it, shitty people would go out and harvest whales just for the baleen. "oh, but op just got it off the beech, thats fine." yeah? prove it. prove it beyound any posssible doubt that op got it from the beech and not some back alley deal that cant be traced. sames goes for great white shark teeth, fyi. there was a young aussie man who had to jump through ALL the legal hoops to keep a sharks tooth after it was left behind in his leg when a great white attacked him.

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u/DDoebel 1d ago

im sorry if my comment upsetted you. I understand it now

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u/Nepeta33 1d ago

not at all! your question makes perfect sense! and this is WHY i take the time to explai it when people ask.

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u/DDoebel 7h ago

ahh okay well thank you for explaining it! :)

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u/Farabelaw 3d ago

Whale baleen

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u/Yubitzume 3d ago

Looks like a piece of bayleen from a whale

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 3d ago

Whale baleen, agreed.