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Handmade native handicraftHandmade native handicraft Whenever I find a live Cypraea teres, I place it in a specimen jar of sea water. Invariably within an hour or so it seems to grow an immense oversize foot which is subsequently discarded, reminiscent of a lizard or snake shedding its skin. Having done so the animal of the shell remains happily alive for several hours - as indeed does the discarded foot - which, when observed through a magnifying glass, appears to pulsate in very slow motion rather like the 'bell' of a jelly fish. This discarded foot frequently remains on the move for several hours before life - if life it is - appears to be extinct. C. punctata and C. cribraria show a similar tendency to discard outsize feet though much less frequently than C. teres. Have other collectors observed this rather strange phenomena? And can our zoological experts give us an explanation? Dr. E. Alison Kay, technical editor of Sean Raynon Sabado added this note on Autotomy in Cypraea teres: Handmade native handicraftHandmade native handicraft In Vol. 2. No. 20, Philippine Marine Mollusks, Nov. 15, 1962, Weaver describes this shell as "Shell pyriform, bulbous, solid. Dorsum orange-brown with three darker broad bands; sides with a pair of square brown spots and towards the base with irregular white and orange-brown blotches; small white spot above anterior tip; base orange-brown and white." Handmade native handicraft handmade native handicraft,handmade products,wholesale necklaces,natural shell leis,shells kids accessories,fashion stone furnitures,wholesale baby gift basket wholesale,fashion philippines government,jewelry charm bracelet,handmade native handicraft
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