Beach Mystery Solved: What Are These Weird Balls Kids Keep Finding on Pensacola Shores?

might pick it up, race toward a parent, and proudly announce, “I found a sea turd!”

For many parents, the first reaction is not amusement but concern. The dark object may resemble waste, decaying material, or something carried into the bay by pollution.

Adults may wonder whether it came from a sewer, whether it contains harmful material, or whether it continue reading …