@ggerbasi: There is something sublime in treasures of the sea. It’s like feeling god’s presence in your hands. I think it’s fascinating to discover nature’s creations below the surface of the water. Do you know how seashells are made? As mollusks live their daily lives in the sea, they take in salts and chemicals from the water around them. As they process these materials, they secrete calcium carbonate, which hardens on the outside of their bodies and begins to form a hard outer shell. Although its shell is attached to it, it’s not part of the living body of a mollusk. This is because the shell is formed from minerals. Shells are made of calcium carbonate, in the mineral form of calcite or aragonite. Animals build their shells by extracting the necessary ingredients—dissolved calcium and bicarbonate—from their environment. As mollusks continue to excrete calcium carbonate, their shells continue to grow. You can think of a seashell kind of like your own hair. Your hair grows and is part of you, but it isn’t alive on its own. A living mollusk produces a shell with its body, but the shell itself isn’t alive. When a mollusk d!es, it leaves its shell behind. But even after the life of the mollusk inside has ended, its shell is important. Seashells provide shelter for fish and hermit crabs, nest material for birds, and even nutrients for other animals to build their own shells. #shelltok #conchshell #queenconch #spiderconch #lambis #seashell #oceantok #moana #oceangirl #islandlife #frenchpolynesia #moorea #diving

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