maybe we (the dead ones ) should erect a monument, the fallen conus of Dons
tank .....thanks for the great material Don . your copies are on the way
just resound that addy again come up missing ....Mark James & Peta Susan
Bethke
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jose Eduardo de Alencar Moreira <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 2:44 PM
Subject: RES: Cone Wars Round 8
>Hi to all,
>
>I'd like to declare that life after dead in the Conus "heaven" is quite
>nice. Welcome home Andy. I wish Emilio treat us here nicer than in Don's
>aquarium. ;-))
>
>[]s
>
>Eduardo
>
>
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> De: Don Barclay [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Enviada em: Segunda-feira, 17 de Maio de 1999 17:49
> Para: [log in to unmask]
> Assunto: [CONCH-L] Cone Wars Round 8
>
> ...
>
> In faster-than-cowry-stalking speed, Eduardo marched up
> nose-to-nose with Emilio, extending his proboscis in a
> gesture that I was sure was not a "Welcome" in cone
> language. Emilio beat him to the punch, however, and
> snaked out his long white proboscis and harpooned my
> favorite conus magnificus. Eduardo flinched, then turned
> to crawl away, but only moved an inch or so. The conus
> bandanus withdrew back into his shell, and made no
> attempt at eating Eduardo. I watched as the magnificus
> stretched out his foot and retracted it, and moved his
> siphon, but he seemed to be unable to coordinate his
> crawling muscles. His foot would move, but he couldn't
> crawl. This was the exact reaction that I had seen in
> Mark Episcopatus after Art Textile had stung him, and
> I knew that it didn't bode well. Eduardo remained in the
> same location for the next three days, except for the
> occasions when I removed him to verify that he was
> still alive, and like Mark, after three days he was dead.
> It was depressing, but life in the aquarium goes on.
>
> ...
>
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