another clue was the lack of other people in the video.  In today's
socially connected world, and in my own experience, if there is a
place where natural resources of either gastronomic or financial value
are just lying around for the taking on public property, there will be
plenty of people around doing the taking.

On 11/19/21, John Varner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> When I saw the video, I immediately wondered how many people will wind up
> with cone envenomation after seeing the way the woman handles C. marmoreus
> so casually.
> The tragic irony of the internet:  It can bring the knowledge of the world's
> libraries to everyone's computer screens and enables us to instantly
> communicate with anyone, anywhere, but it is increasingly used to spread
> misinformation and divide its users in animosity.  The misuse of one of
> mankind's most powerful tools invites disastrous consequences.
> As the saying goes, "A lie can make it half way around the world before the
> truth gets its pants on".
>
> and I now yield the soap box....
>
> ​- John​
> ________________________________
> From: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Gregory
> Jensen <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 11:51 AM
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Golden Pearls
>
> There are so many of these totally fake videos out there- there's one called
> 'Jurassic beach' where someone is digging up all sorts of things
> (cuttlefish, Dungeness crab, Limulus etc.) that never occur in the same
> place. Just stuff purchased at a seafood store and planted so they could be
> 'discovered'. Others show deep sea fish supposedly thrown up on the beach by
> a tsunami.
> What makes these doubly aggravating is that every time we click on them, it
> just encourages more of this behavior.
> Greg
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 7:06 AM Allen Aigen
> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> wrote:
> Note that these multicolored "pearls" have been found in many species by the
> same forager.  I suspect that they were planted to help enhance "likes" and
> keep you clicking on her videos.
> Allen Aigen
>
> On Thursday, November 18, 2021, 09:43:43 AM EST, David Kirsh
> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>
> Certainly does raise questions, Karlynn!
>
> That she’s wearing a jacket suggests this coastline is at least temperate
> climate. I have a photo of a woman holding a large Melo melo from when I
> visited Ko Yao Noi in the Phuket Sea—tropical.
>
> And then live Conus marmoreus?
>
> I’m surprised that these two tropical species range into temperate areas.
> But what do I know?
>
> Thanks for sending this link.
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 18, 2021, at 8:24 AM, Karlynn Morgan
> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Hi everyone,
> I found this video on Facebook and am amazed at the number of volutes that
> were washed ashore after this storm.  It breaks my heart to see them
> destroyed.  I have several questions.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vckRbvKnwQI
>
> 1.  Does anyone know where this may have occurred?
>
> 2.  How mature might these volutes be?
>
> 3.  Is the meat of the volutes edible?
>
> 4.  How common is it to see such an assortment of colors of pearls come from
> the same animal?
>
> 5.  Which species of Panopea is this she has found?
>
> Karlynn
> NC - USA
> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/529205140526905/user/1467016924/?__cft__[0]=AZWRq5LNeEVa9mBR8dTG20TQI2Yi2YVxao7Q56p7ccggqM4SY8NWPMlD43JRGrrQo9FEq2R7vw61kyoi8UoYUSEsqm7utdyaxY9xmvKriKm38pPmguNbKgbuZ4Tkl5OCiDaNTAafNGn1ZiddDNB-HOMtqVhoj0l9TptoQked70s28N_jx6T6dZdJquN8bLNBvRXcYx0Z7FJgC0i3x5iVFIUA&__tn__=R]-R>
>
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