Well, can we say that these hermaphroditic mollusks were engaged in FORE!
play?

Sorry, a little golf pun....

David

> From: Betty Jean Piech <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:00:04 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: What grows on mollusks?
>
> Dear Conch-Lers
>
> In his recent email Andrew asked "What's the weirdest thing that you ever
> saw growing on a LIVE mollusk?"  Taking a little poetic license, I will
> tell you about the weirdest thing I ever saw a mollusk living on..
>
> Three crepidulas were stacked on top of each other with the largest one on
> the bottom - which is really not an unusual arrangement for
> crediculas.   BUT the biggest one was fastened on a rather beat-up golf
> ball which I found in a few feet of water under the n Blind Pass between
> the islands of Sanibel and Captiva.
>
> Several people that I have told that story to said "What's so unusual about
> that? The Captiva Golf Course is not that far away."  That is true, but how
> many of you have ever seen a mollusk living on a Golf Ball.  I will report
> back to you how many positive responses I get.
>
> Betty Jean, The Tall One