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Thank you, all that replied with a "real" answer. I knew Art was "trying"
to be funny...
Bill
P.S. Art, are you the "Shell Answer Man" ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Conchologists of America List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Kev Lamprell
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 7:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: new to group
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
>
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