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Venice Beach (Shark Tooth)

Beach
Sandy bottom
image of Venice Beach (Shark Tooth)

Description

Shore entry and exit (sand beach) swim west from the south edge of the parking lot (from water, use white piper as reference. Swim about 450’-750’ west from shore to cement reef blocks. Ten million years ago, when Florida was submerged under water, the area was teeming with sharks. Over time, as the water receded, giving way to land, the prehistoric sharks died - their skeletons disintegrated, but their fossilized teeth remained. The Venice coastal area, just south of Sarasota, sits on top of …

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