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Whilst walking on the beach on this side of the North Sea this
afternoon, I found that the recent storm had washed up a thing like a
lobster pot, but without a bottom. I don't think it had ever had a
bottom, as it was in good nick.
Since the nearest place where there are lobsters is probably France or
UK, I don't think it was a lobster pot. What else could it have been.
some sort of trap?

Did it have a tunnel entry? Or any entry?

If not, could it have been a bird or a cat cage?

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