Squid Pen
Loliginidae gladius
A clear, flexible plastic-looking blade — the internal support of a squid, often mistaken for litter.
- Typical size
- 2–8 in
- How often it turns up
- Uncommon
- Collecting
- Usually legal to collect
- Handling
- Safe to handle
Free to collect.
How to tell it apart
- Transparent, flexible, feather or blade shaped
- Slightly iridescent, very light
- Bends without snapping
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