Cypraea tigris - Tiger Cowry

The last set of decent winter tides have rolled around. I miss the magic of the Whitsundays; definitely under-appreciated it when I lived there. Another visit next year! However I can't complain about my current backyard in Cairns. Found a nice tiger hiding amongst the urchins. Any year in which a tiggy turns up is a good one :) Hopefully this one goes on to make many little tigers unlike another I found last year which got eaten by an octopus.

[@Vespertiglio]

Fantastic...I am in a museum now and wanted to see them alive.

[@leejerrett8268]

Here after buying a Tiger Cowrie shell. I was amazed to learn that the brilliant smoothness of the surface wasn't manmade and was actually naturally occurring; The surface of the shell is polished during the course of the animal's life as it repeatedly envelops the outside of the shell with it's mantle.

[@Kodi.2009]

Tiger cowries are one of my favourite cowries ever

[@mikhail-tikhonov]

Very good video👍

[@nel1962]

What an incredible find at low tide! I'll be looking for them now that I know it's possible.

[@magicsquid3020]

Are they rare 🧐😵

[@nel1962]

@@magicsquid3020 Not really but they are usually nestled in coral reefs in deeper water. I didn't know they could be found in shallow water at low tide.

[@pamdentris3136]

im a collector and it is nice to see her alive. i would realy like to be finding and researching
spieces like you. but unfortunately i live on odher side of the planet far away from sea.

[@snailtrail1322]

I am lucky that way. Its not the same but at least you get to see them live.

[@pamdentris3136]

@@snailtrail1322 thanks.

[@ChieColors]

Oh wow nice cowry...

[@gurukulkarni9815]

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