Many many thanks to all those who sent me messages with the Conus Wars
material. I got all the messages I wanted.
To do not leave this message without something shell related, here comes a
10% shell related story, but curious and unbelievable.
In my vacations, a month ago, I spent part of it in Fernando de Noronha
Island, off the Brazilian Northeastern coast. It is a really beautiful place
to dive but not as good to shelling since 70% of the island is a Marine
National Park. Shell collecting is only allowed outside the MNP, where you
can find, among others, Nerita ascencionis chlorostoma (endemic) and big
Conus regius.
My curious story started while snorkeling in a beach, inside the MNP, known
as Sancho, when I found a wedding ring shining in a rock crevice. I put it
in my finger (close to it my wedding ring almost disapeared) and headed to
the beach. I showed it to my wife and in the ring we found "Roseane
24/04/99". Since it was found on May 1st, we though it was lost by someone
in a honeymoon.
We left that beach, walked on a trail up the hill, stayed half an hour in
another beach. Another trail, another hill, another beach ... up we reached
a beach about two hours after my finding.
There we stopped to drink some water and we found two couples. One couple
left the area and the other started to kiss. Then I realized that the guy
didn't have a wedding ring and the lady had hers. I asked her name and she
said it, followed with a "Why are you asking?"
I told her: "It is a real pity. If your name was Roseane, I would have found
your husband's wedding ring".
They both said together, pointing to the other lady that was leaving: "But
her name is Roseane and her husband lost a wedding ring yesterday in Sancho
Beach".
We started to call them back. I asked the date of their marriage: 24/04/99.
Then I said that I had something that belonged to them and I put the ring in
his finger.
You can't imagine their emotion. You can't imagine our emotion. The other
couple also married on 24/04/99 and he also lost his ring during the
honeymoon trip.
I'm not a mathematician, but the probability of something like this happens
is VERY VERY VERY LOW.
All started with a snorkeling to see some live shells.
Cheers,
Eduardo
Brasilia, Brazil
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