Background – Along with Conch snails and Melo melo, Abalones are also one of the few gastropods that are capable of producing pearls. As with pearls that are formed by a mollusc such as an oyster, an Abalone’s pearls are made by depositing thousands of layers of an organic substance called nacre. Abalones are snail-likeContinue reading “Abalone Pearl”
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Abalone
Type – Gastropod Molluscs Diet – Herbivorous Location – The haliotid family has a worldwide distribution, along the coastal waters of every continent, except the Pacific coast of South America, the Atlantic coast of North America, the Arctic, and Antarctica. The majority of abalone species are found in waters, off the coasts of New Zealand,Continue reading “Abalone”
FAERIE TALE
by Maxine Stockton Description – When the forest fairies notice the changes in the forest, the Oracle declares that they must recover the four fairy treasures from the elemental fairies; “The darkness that has grown for many years,the terror that every fairy fears.But with the fairies’ growing plight,hope is returned by a single light.One chanceContinue reading “FAERIE TALE”
Maxine the Magnificent 