TikToker Finds Alien-Looking Object On California Beach And Can’t Believe What’s Moving Inside

You know those random beach walks where you expect to find nothing more than shells and seaweed, but then something wild happens?

Well, that’s exactly what went down for one woman, and her discovery looks like something straight out of a sci-fi movie.

While strolling along a California beach, TikToker @California.Shelling stumbled upon something that made her stop in her tracks: a strange, spiral-shaped object that looked a little too alien to be real.

When she picked it up, she realized it wasn’t trash or seaweed at all; it was a shark egg. And not just any shark egg… it had a tiny, moving baby shark inside.

She decided to capture the whole thing on video, post it on TikTok, and share more details to answer everyone’s questions.

The video quickly blew up online, and honestly, it’s not hard to see why. She holds up the see-through, corkscrew-shaped egg and explains that it came from a California horn shark.

The casing looks soft and squishy in her hands, but she mentions it’ll harden with time, almost like nature’s version of a 3D-printed home for a baby shark.

At one point, she zooms in close enough that you can actually see the little embryo wiggling inside. It’s both adorable and fascinating.

David Ebert, program director of California’s Pacific Shark Research Center at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, later confirmed what she found, sharing on Science Friday that the shark egg casing “usually firms up relatively quickly.”

And get this: the baby shark doesn’t have a mom hanging around to help. Instead, it’s equipped with what Ebert called “a little lunchbox of nutrients that the developing embryo will grow off of.” How cute is that?

According to the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, that little “lunchbox” will last the pup until it’s ready to hatch, as the foundation explained:

“Every egg case contains one shark pup, which takes between six and nine months to hatch depending on environmental conditions and genetics.”

People on TikTok couldn’t get over the weird corkscrew shape of the egg, but it turns out, there’s a genius reason behind it.

Female horn sharks can lay new eggs every 11 to 14 days, and that twisted design actually helps them hide their babies.

The foundation explained that the spiral shape allows the mother shark to “wedge” the eggs deep into cracks and crevices to protect them from predators. Nature really thought of everything, huh?

At the end of her video, @California.Shelling carefully placed the egg back into a rocky tide pool, hoping the little one would be safe there until hatching day.

It’s kind of heartwarming to think that somewhere along that California shore, a tiny shark pup might one day swim free, all thanks to someone who cared enough to stop, look closer, and give it a chance.

@california.shelling Some sharks give birth to live young, and others are oviparous, meaning they lay eggs. California horn sharks mothers lay these corkscrew egg cases. When it comes out, it is very pliable, but hardens over time. Hope this lil guy makes it! 🦈 #shark #sealife #oceanlife #fyp ♬ original sound – California Sea Life TikTok