Collioure

[fifbrindacier]

Mountain, sea, heat, a nice cocktail.

Collioure is a very nice seaside resort and a military base.

 

As well as the little town of Banyuls and the surroundings.

Edited October 10, 2021 by fifbrindacier

[Tidgy's Dad]

Wow! 

Never mind the nice fossils and the beautiful location, there are loads of species of tortoise and turtle! 

Thanks for sharing, Sophie! 

[fifbrindacier]

We visited a zoo, where, among beautiful birds,

 

Amazing iguanas, meetkats and monkeys,

 

we had the Luck to see an amazing number of species of turtles.

 

The name of the zoo ? The Valley of the turtles. I know one who is running towards the nearest airport to visit it.

 

There i met the only turtle who was allowed to eat pizzas, pasta, rice. And she's not a ninja turtle.

My alter ego, Sophie.

Edited October 10, 2021 by fifbrindacier

[fifbrindacier]

We also visited the museum dedicated to the oldest Homo found in France, the man of Tautavel, an Homo erectus (some classify it as Homo heidelbergensis) found in 1971 in the cave of Arago by Henry de Lumley.

 

That museum presented also a collection of Amerindian artefacts and thé death mask of Sitting bull.

Edited October 10, 2021 by fifbrindacier

[fifbrindacier]

We went fossil hunting on the shores of the river Têt, with a Friend, Sébastien. Zanclean clay.

 

I wondered if the two pieces on the first photo below where wood or something else, specially the one on the top.

 

We also went in a sand quarry of the same age, but the fossils there are less beautiful and very fragile.

 

And to end our trip on a high note, After eating a good cassoulet, we slept in an hotel at the foot of the fortifications of Carcassonne.

Edited October 10, 2021 by fifbrindacier

[Coco]

Hi,

 

5 hours ago, fifbrindacier said:

 

Ohhh ! Poor Sophie ! Don’t show Tidgy that image! She’d be traumatized for life !

 

Nice shells !

 

Coco

Edited October 10, 2021 by Coco

[fifbrindacier]

Thank you Coco.

[FossilDAWG]

I really like those snails and bivalves!

 

Don

[fifbrindacier]

6 hours ago, FossilDAWG said:

I really like those snails and bivalves!

 

Don

Thank you Don, they're really nice. I've prepped them and they look even better.

[Everhardus]

I was at Collioure 2 years back. Indeed a wonderful place and lovely coastline. Nice finds !

[fifbrindacier]

Thank you very much man.

[Tidgy's Dad]

17 hours ago, Coco said:

Hi,

Ohhh ! Poor Sophie ! Don’t show Tidgy that image! She’d be traumatized for life !

Indeed. I shall certainly not show her.

This tortoise has metabolic bone disease, pyramiding and goodness knows what else. It will hurt to move.

Poor thing. 

[fifbrindacier]

It's apparently due to it's previous alimentation.

Pizzas and rice, that's not really good good for a turtle.

Edited October 12, 2021 by fifbrindacier

[jpc]

Thanks for the nice tour.  Lovely shells.

[doushantuo]

wonderful tour/travelogue/diary

[fifbrindacier]

5 hours ago, jpc said:

Thanks for the nice tour.  Lovely shells.

 

4 hours ago, doushantuo said:

wonderful tour/travelogue/diary

Thank you, both of you.

[fifbrindacier]

On 10/10/2021 at 10:42 PM, Everhardus said:

I was at Collioure 2 years back. Indeed a wonderful place and lovely coastline. Nice finds !

Thank you very much.

[fifbrindacier]

[tombk]

Beautiful surroundings and beautiful shells! Thank you for sharing your trip

[fifbrindacier]

Thank you man.

[Coco]

Hi,

 

If you have more shells, I would like to see them... Nice Ficidae !

 

Coco

[doushantuo]

BTW: I watch a lot of TV Cinque

[ClearLake]

Thanks for sharing!  I learned about an area I was not familiar with and that is a very nice assortment of mollusks. Is the long thin shell in the sixth fossil picture a scaphopod?  It looks like one but is a bit blurry to me so I wasn’t sure. 

[fifbrindacier]

7 hours ago, ClearLake said:

Thanks for sharing!  I learned about an area I was not familiar with and that is a very nice assortment of mollusks. Is the long thin shell in the sixth fossil picture a scaphopod?  It looks like one but is a bit blurry to me so I wasn’t sure. 

Yes, that's a big dentalium.

[herve]

Hello your schell are beautiful and you have collecting a nice turritella rhodanica ,its a pliocene stage. Best regards