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Explore this unique ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico.
April 1, 2021
White pelicans congregate at J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. (COURTESY THE BEACHES OF FORT MYERS & SANIBEL
Often referred to as “the seashell capital of the world,” Sanibel Island is part of a plateau that extends for miles into the Gulf of Mexico and acts as a shelf upon which shells gather until winds, waves or storms wash them onto the barrier island’s beaches. Collecting seashells is so popular here that the term “Sanibel stoop” was coined to describe the pastime (bending to comb through heaps of bivalves and gastropods) that draws visitors to this Southwest Florida island.
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