Weird Beach Thing #2

We found this on a beach on Long Island and it is just so bizarre. It is about the size of a silver dollar, matte black, pointy, and very hard. However it is light, like it's hollow inside.

At first, I thought it was a strange squished blob of tar that had hardened, or a piece of a toy that had snapped off. I briefly thought it might be an alien egg casing, planted on Long Island so they may begin their takeover of Earth there.

But the bristly strange circular opening makes me think none of these guesses are correct.

Now, I think it's likely a seed casing for weird underwater plants. But i've never seen anything like this before. It's truly bizarre.

{CORRECTION: Thanks to a lead from Kenon, we now know this is a water chestnut seed, apparently reeking havoc to underwater plantlife here in the northeast.}

If you have any idea at all what this could be, let me know!

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A Forest of Toothbrush Bristles

Toothbrush bristles, looking like otherworldly bottom-of-the-sea creatures that feast on plaque.

The white cruddy stuff on the tips of the bristles is dried toothpaste. That's what I'm telling myself. Come on, I can't post a clean, fresh, new toothbrush... a used one is so much more fun.

I haven't looked at other toothbrushes, but I would imagine that they too have rounded bristle ends, for comfort. These look rubbery and thick in the photo, but I assure you that these are the standard, regular old thin plasticky bristles just like on your toothbrush.

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