bringing home sand?

[norboy76]

On 11/17/2019 at 1:27 AM, CallistaSkye said:

Please do not do this! Leave the things on the beach as you find them. Imagine how much sand that it takes when 100 people all take "just a little bit" of sand, multiplied times all the cruises? That's super destructive to the areas that you are visiting even though you think that it's not. Leave things alone! Just take a photo. Or buy a magnet. 

Don't forget also you don't know what bacteria is in that beach sand,  or small ocean plankton or such. It could be bringing over something that doesn't end well or some unknown mess.

[Wendy-Europe]

In some countries it is forbidden to collect sand, shells or stones and take them home (Turkey and Italy for example), in other countries it is strictly forbidden to import such things and then there are of course e.g. shells and sponges where it is forbidden to take them home for species protection reasons (giant clams etc.). That's another reason why I don't take anything home in the meantime. The fines can be very high!