http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/12/19/mollusk-madness-can-we-collect-shells-responsibly/ Explore science, nature and environment stories from Northern California and beyond with KQED’s multimedia series Thu, 24 May 2012 05:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/12/19/mollusk-madness-can-we-collect-shells-responsibly/#comment-11031 Janelle Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:42:05 +0000 http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2007/12/19/mollusk-madness-can-we-collect-shells-responsibly/#comment-11031 Thank you for writing this article. I live in Florida and have a seashell craft business. http://www.seashellcrafter.com. I am very firm about not collecting any shells that have a creature living or dead (sometimes you can't tell). I think shells are so beautiful that it would be a shame for some species to because extinct just because people are greedy and don't care that the mollusk in the shell is still alive. As long as we only collect the empty shells we will be able to collect many more! Thank you for writing this article. I live in Florida and have a seashell craft business. http://www.seashellcrafter.com. I am very firm about not collecting any shells that have a creature living or dead (sometimes you can't tell). I think shells are so beautiful that it would be a shame for some species to because extinct just because people are greedy and don't care that the mollusk in the shell is still alive. As long as we only collect the empty shells we will be able to collect many more!

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