What the heck is that?

This is the first edition of...What the heck is that?

As you stroll along Ocean Beach this summer browsing for seashells, you will probably see something that looks like a beetle. What the heck is that?

Some people call them Mermaids Purses because they look freakish and have a leathery feel to them. They are actually Skate egg sacs. Each sac holds a Skate embryo, which has probably hatched and is empty by the time you find it. What's a skate you ask? It is like a Ray, a bottom feeding fish found in the North Atlantic waters.