Halakhah for Chullin 177:55
(דברים יג, יז) ואת כל שללה תקבוץ אל תוך רחובה ושרפת מי שאינו מחוסר אלא קביצה ושרפה יצא זה שמחוסר תלישה קביצה ושרפה
Presumably if he did take it he will not have fulfilled his obligation! - No.
Treasures Hidden in the Sand
1. The color of the body of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea as the Rabbis in Tractate Menachot (44A) taught that the color of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea. Rashi explains that the Hillazon emerges from the sea and the Techelet resembles the sea, that is to say that the sea it is found in and that it emerges from is the cause of its color.
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