tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711029747294427530.post1784619703238167481..comments2023-11-18T22:31:58.555+00:00Comments on Real Monstrosities: Mole CowryJoseph JGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11623613806055217490noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711029747294427530.post-62524003013123468742015-01-18T12:12:49.310+00:002015-01-18T12:12:49.310+00:00@Crunchy: It looks like a lot of things! I think &...@Crunchy: It looks like a lot of things! I think "snail" is quite far down the list.<br /><br />I checked out some other cowries and it looks like they all have them. I guess it's some kind of structural thing that helps them cling onto their mantle and keep it all in the right place since it isn't inside the shell all the time. Perhaps without the ribbing it could get all bunched up on one end somehow? *shrug*<br /><br />@TexWisGirl: Oh, it looks delicious doesn't it? Shame it would be a bit of jaw breaker if you tried to eat it!Joseph JGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11623613806055217490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711029747294427530.post-80501011121952658912015-01-16T16:17:19.697+00:002015-01-16T16:17:19.697+00:00very cool! and pretty when it is 'caramelized&...very cool! and pretty when it is 'caramelized'. :)TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1711029747294427530.post-412120886783167872015-01-16T13:47:25.238+00:002015-01-16T13:47:25.238+00:00Delicious! The mantle kind of reminds me of gumdr...Delicious! The mantle kind of reminds me of gumdrops, and in that first picture the shell looks like candy corn ore, from which sugary candy corn is mined and formed into kernel-shaped ingots.<br /><br />But alas, it's simply a snail. A horrifying, shapeless, unknowable snail. Its shell contains not confection, but secrets. <br /><br />By the way, what is the purpose of the ribbing on the... aperture(?) of the shell? Is that the term for that? The snail-hole, what the snail part comes out of it.Crunchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168966625437103310noreply@blogger.com