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De: Jose Eduardo de Alencar Moreira [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Enviada em: Segunda-feira, 17 de Maio de 1999 11:40
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Assunto: [CONCH-L] RES: Cone Wars Round 8
 
 
Hi to all,
 
I'd like to declare that life after dead in the Conus "heaven" is quite
nice. Welcome home Andy. I wish Emilio treat us here nicer than in Don's
aquarium. ;-))
 
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Eduardo
 
 
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        De:  Don Barclay [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Enviada em:  Segunda-feira, 17 de Maio de 1999 17:49
        Para:  [log in to unmask]
        Assunto:  [CONCH-L] Cone Wars Round 8
 
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        In faster-than-cowry-stalking speed, Eduardo marched up
        nose-to-nose with Emilio, extending his proboscis in a
        gesture that I was sure was not a "Welcome" in cone
        language.  Emilio beat him to the punch, however, and
        snaked out his long white proboscis and harpooned my
        favorite conus magnificus.  Eduardo flinched, then turned
        to crawl away, but only moved an inch or so.  The conus
        bandanus withdrew back into his shell, and made no
        attempt at eating Eduardo.  I watched as the magnificus
        stretched out his foot and retracted it, and moved his
        siphon, but he seemed to be unable to coordinate his
        crawling muscles.  His foot would move, but he couldn't
        crawl.  This was the exact reaction that I had seen in
        Mark Episcopatus after Art Textile had stung him, and
        I knew that it didn't bode well.  Eduardo remained in the
        same location for the next three days, except for the
        occasions when I removed him to verify that he was
        still alive, and like Mark, after three days he was dead.
        It was depressing, but life in the aquarium goes on.
 
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