Nice one Art
Kev

Art Weil wrote:

> Dear Bill;-
>     Your friend is absolutely right. Shells, which are calcarious cytoplasm,
> are created from the  (mostly) large seaweed fronds. The fronds break off, and
> on their way to the bottom of the sea, curl to the right in the Nothern
> Hemisphere and to the left (or sinistralia) in the Southern Hemisphere. The
> individual protoblasts are replaced by calcium carbonate molecules which
> inhabit all salt waters. On reaching the bottom, the new shell-like creatures
> are subjected to tides and tsunamis which wash them ashore in places such as
> Florida and New Jersey.
>     The Answer Man
>