Hello All,
Well, it is a good thing you don't get stacks of Crepidula fornicata living
in Florida, else
there would have to be re-counts to check the numbers in each stack !!

Hey, I watch TV too !
Regards,
Brian
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 13 January 2001 03:
Subject: Re: What grows on mollusks?


> Well, can we say that these hermaphroditic mollusks were engaged in FORE!
> play?
>
> Sorry, a little golf pun....
>
> David
>
> > From: Betty Jean Piech <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:00:04 -0500
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: What grows on mollusks?
> >
> > Dear Conch-Lers
> >
> > In his recent email Andrew asked "What's the weirdest thing that you
ever
> > saw growing on a LIVE mollusk?"  Taking a little poetic license, I will
> > tell you about the weirdest thing I ever saw a mollusk living on..
> >
> > Three crepidulas were stacked on top of each other with the largest one
on
> > the bottom - which is really not an unusual arrangement for
> > crediculas.   BUT the biggest one was fastened on a rather beat-up golf
> > ball which I found in a few feet of water under the n Blind Pass between
> > the islands of Sanibel and Captiva.
> >
> > Several people that I have told that story to said "What's so unusual
about
> > that? The Captiva Golf Course is not that far away."  That is true, but
how
> > many of you have ever seen a mollusk living on a Golf Ball.  I will
report
> > back to you how many positive responses I get.
> >
> > Betty Jean, The Tall One