Remnants of Life: death by red tide - Longboat Key
The summer of 2018 devastated Southwest Florida's Gulf Coast beaches with a horrific, persistent red-tide bloom. Hundreds of tons of fish along with sea turtles, manatees, and at least one whale shark washed up on Florida beaches from the massive red-tide bloom. During my annual family beach vacation, the red-tide bloom was waning yet remnants of ocean life cut short by the algae toxins littered the sandy shores.
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Fish skeleton
09-03-18 Remnants of a once vibrant life: the backbone skeleton is all that remains of a large ocean fish. Hundreds of tons of fish along with sea turtles, manatees and at least one whale shark washed up on Florida Gulf Coast beaches this summer from the massive red tide bloom.
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