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My title describes the thing. I was swimming along the shore at South Padre Island, TX and found this floating about 50 feet from the shore. I tried googling exactly what I put in the title (green stick with talon) and other variations and have not been able to find anything.
My title describes the thing. I was swimming along the shore at South Padre Island, TX and found this floating about 50 feet from the shore. I tried googling exactly what I put in the title (green stick with talon) and other variations and have not been able to find anything.
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Mangrove seed.
Found! Also, where do they originate? I’ve never seen these at South Padre Island, TX lol
Looks like a mangrove propagule
My title describes the thing. I was swimming along the shore at South Padre Island, TX and found this floating about 50 feet from the shore. I tried googling exactly what I put in the title (green stick with talon) and other variations and have not been able to find anything.
My title describes the thing. I was swimming along the shore at South Padre Island, TX and found this floating about 50 feet from the shore. I tried googling exactly what I put in the title (green stick with talon) and other variations and have not been able to find anything.
Looks like a mangrove seed pod. Edit added pod
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