> But the NUMBERS of cowries? Are there really beaches lined with
> windrows of cowries? Or -- should I ask -- WERE there such beaches?
> Sigh.
>
> David Kirsh
>
>

Not quite, but they are plentiful.  Ask anyone who's collected in the
central or western Pacific, almost every rock you look under will
have a few Cypraea moneta or annulus, in a wide range of habitats.
You and I and 798 of our Conch-L friends could gather 800 pounds
in an hour if we spread out around Samoa, for instance, and then
combined our catch.

Cheers,


Don

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