Large Bahama Queen Conch Seashell Bahamas Pink 10H X 7W X 8D

Description: Best opportunity to play with your kind’s! Best of way to present your child games to your kind’s so they would remember for all their lives!!! Large Sized Bahama Conch Seashell Hand Colored With Gloss, Collectible, For Seashells Lovers!. Apr.Mas: 10H X 7W X 8D Do you remember trying this as a kid -- Holding one of the seashells you grabbed as a souvenir up to your ear? It seems like no matter how far away from the ocean you are, you can still hold a seashell up to your ear and hear the roar of the waves rolling onto the shore. The best shells for producing this sound are the large, spiral conch shells. What Is Conch? Although there are a number of species, the most well-known is undoubtedly the Strombus gigas or queen conch (pronounced "konk.") It's commonly recognized by the trademark large, spiral-shaped shell, which is typically either pale pink or orange in the interior. Inside a living conch shell is a mollusk, or soft-bodied sea snail. Conchs get around by using a foot or horn to drag themselves along the seafloor. The entire animal is extremely valuable. "The top of the shell is often cut off and used as a horn for signaling, Conch are prized not only for their shell but also for their meat. For centuries they have been used as a subsistence food throughout the Caribbean." Conch are native to such picturesque habitats as the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Florida Keys and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica and other Caribbean islands. Some species also live off the coast of South America and the Mediterranean. Conchs mate when a male and female are in proximity to each other, resulting in an egg mass of roughly 400,000 eggs. "The eggs hatch after about five days and then float on the currents for about three weeks until settling in a favorable habitat. The queen conch, when allowed to really hit its stride, can live up to 40 years! Its development is slow, but steady, taking several years: Year 1: Conch bury themselves in the sand. Year 2: They emerge from the sand, but are extra vulnerable to predators, like turtles and sharks. Year 3: They have grown in length and developed a thick shell, which helps keep them safe from predators. Years 4 to 5: They achieve sexual maturity and can reproduce. "This slow rate of maturing makes them vulnerable to fishers who think they are mature because they are big in length. "Paper thin lips are a signal that the conch is not sexually mature." A fully mature adult conch sports a large shell festooned with spines. Its shell forms a thick flaring lip. That's the main way to distinguish between juvenile and grown conchs. The conch's status as a tasty delicacy (not to mention its collectible shell) makes it at risk for overfishing, a fact compounded by the fine distinction between the thin-lipped juvenile (which should not be fished) and the thicker-lipped adult. The main problem, is that harvest criteria are woefully out of date and do not reflect more recent science determining that the lip thickness needs to be 15 millimeters (about a half-inch) before maturity is reached (again, around age 4 or 5). "Most conch are harvested long before that age and so the populations have been declining because they have not had a chance to reproduce," she explains. "If too many conchs are harvested in an area, and the numbers decline, they will not be able to find each other to mate." What Is Conch? Although there are a number of species, the most well-known is undoubtedly the Strombus gigas or queen conch (pronounced "konk.") It's commonly recognized by the trademark large, spiral-shaped shell, which is typically either pale pink or orange in the interior. Inside a living conch shell is a mollusk, or soft-bodied sea snail. Conchs get around by using a foot or horn to drag themselves along the seafloor. The entire animal is extremely valuable. "The top of the shell is often cut off and used as a horn for signaling, Conch are prized not only for their shell but also for their meat. For centuries they have been used as a subsistence food throughout the Caribbean." Conch are native to such picturesque habitats as the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Florida Keys and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Jamaica and other Caribbean islands. Some species also live off the coast of South America and the Mediterranean. Conchs mate when a male and female are in proximity to each other, resulting in an egg mass of roughly 400,000 eggs. "The eggs hatch after about five days and then float on the currents for about three weeks until settling in a favorable habitat. The queen conch, when allowed to really hit its stride, can live up to 40 years! Its development is slow, but steady, taking several years: Year 1: Conch bury themselves in the sand. Year 2: They emerge from the sand, but are extra vulnerable to predators, like turtles and sharks. Year 3: They have grown in length and developed a thick shell, which helps keep them safe from predators. Years 4 to 5: They achieve sexual maturity and can reproduce. "This slow rate of maturing makes them vulnerable to fishers who think they are mature because they are big in length. "Paper thin lips are a signal that the conch is not sexually mature." A fully mature adult conch sports a large shell festooned with spines.

Price: 45 USD

Location: Hallandale, Florida

End Time: 2024-11-27T01:19:15.000Z

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