{"id":9986,"date":"2018-06-11T08:46:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T12:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/?page_id=9986"},"modified":"2018-06-11T08:46:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T12:46:50","slug":"last-word-combing-corolla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/previous-issues\/2018-2\/spring-2018\/last-word-combing-corolla\/","title":{"rendered":"LAST WORD: Combing Corolla"},"content":{"rendered":"
What\u2019s the coolest thing you\u2019ve found on the beach lately? For me, it was a seahorse.<\/p>\n
I spied it during a scavenger hunt in Corolla. Terri Kirby Hathaway, North Carolina Sea Grant\u2019s marine education specialist, had organized the event as part of a Sea Grant Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, held not long after a series of nor\u2019easters had struck the East Coast.<\/p>\n
My team was prowling the shore, pausing now and then to examine our growing collection of shells, stones and other sundry items. Then I noticed a tendril-like shape slowly twisting up from the sand, just several feet from where I stood.<\/p>\n