Gotta love those big ol' bins of tigers, don't you? :)   I've found some
cool looking freaks in them (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, etc).

Nancy





At 10:40 PM 1/7/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Just as a somewhat related anecdote: Back in the 1960s, I was rummaging
>through a huge box of Cyprae tigris at a Miami shell shop when at the very
>bottom I saw an orange shell. I dug it out and was astounded to see that it
>was a golden cowrie. Not believing my eyes (and stupidly) I said to the
>owner: "This can't be a tigris . . ." and he said "Oh yes, sometimes they
>come in unusual colors." I wasn't about to argue. This price of the shell?
>25 cents.