7960719297?profile=originalDarlene Duggan measures at 3 feet what is thought to be a rare blanket octopus that washed ashore

near the Gulf Stream Golf Club on May 11. The pelagic species carries more than 100,000 eggs

until they hatch. The deep-sea creature was given to FWC’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

for DNA testing and scientific research since it died shortly after washing ashore.

Photo provided by Joan Lorne

7960719493?profile=original(From left) Dr. Larry Wood sits with sea turtle volunteers Jim Jolley, Darlene Duggan, Jackie Kingston

and Joan Lorne. Wood was on hand to present them with a $750 National Sea Turtle Foundation Award

grant for their turtle monitoring and educational efforts. The volunteers monitor

a three-mile stretch of beach in Gulf Stream, the County Pocket, Briny Breezes and Ocean Ridge.

Photo provided by Colin Lorne

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