Coastal Detective Prints

Wildlife

"You say it all the time, so I climbed every tree to prove it. You were right, money doesn't grow on trees."

Local Knowledge

A boy acting suspiciously

I rather like bucket and spade holidays.

"The note in the bottle said someone's stranded here, but where is he?"

Try me/try me/try me...

He can identify a fly taken by a trout at fifty yards range.

Evolution.

"Sometimes, plastic in the ocean isn't bad... Ooh, that bottle cap will make a lovely bowl for Ed and Nicole!"

"Aw, Dad! I don't wanna move. I just made friends with a fossil!"

Journey of a sandwich through the digestive system.

Well, you're busted! Forensics just came back: the bite-marks match your dental records!

'Honey, you can't keep running to Daddy every time you find a little bug or something in your pool!'

"How am I supposed to trust my gut when it can't even handle a little dairy?"

'The footprints in the cheesecake were inconclusive, but my DNA was all over the peanut butter pie.'

The Hummingbird

'So now you sniff out drugs. That's it, no more TV cop shows.'

A Lesson in Leadership: Misplacing your keys isn't a problem, unless you have to enlist the whole school's support to find them.

Replacement Lighthouse

Violence on TV.

I see you've caught my honey robber.'

"The bailouts are nice but my retirement remains finding drugs that washed up on the beach."

"What you smell son is called a cigarette: A sure sign that humans are around and we should flee..."

"So in other words, we're hoping to discover what makes the nitty, gritty."

Elephant Tracks.

'Take a look at this everyone - it just could be the signature we've been looking for.'

"Of course nobody knows exactly why they beach themselves."

"Hey - didn't I see you on TV last night?"

'Did you see who pushed you?'

"All the ticks I removed over my summer vacation,' by Robbie Butler..."

'Yes Sarge - looks like another carbon footprint'

Sardines swim in the form of a huge shark.