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No: 28434 Contributor: Ian Hourston Year: 2018 Area: Stromness parish

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Well-heeled mermaid

My son John found this 'mermaid's purse' at Warebeth the other day. An embryo capsule from a (critically endangered) Common Skate, it's bigger by a couple of inches overall than the top size given by Wikipedia.

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Picture added on 08 February 2018 at 13:16

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