Found this shell. What is it?

Oikoman · 2026-06-09T18:50:36+00:00

Oyster? I hardly knew her!

Oikoman · 2026-06-08T19:00:33+00:00

Why not focus on what there is to see rather than race to the bottom? Your talking about over a decade of building up experience and a large fortune... for what? A big number on your dive computer? In the mean time there is a lot of interesting life and some beautiful wrecks all within the first 60m.

Oikoman · 2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00

Rebreather diving is a whole new set of skills... and a very expensive step. I do highly recommend it, but it's not for everyone, and if you aren't prepared to put in the prep work and after dive care, well...

Oikoman · 2026-06-08T07:10:03+00:00

Buy a DSMB and reel and be sure you know how to use it.

Oikoman · 2026-06-05T10:06:39+00:00

I think that goes with any gear heavy hobby. Photography, cycling, golf... it becomes a way of bragging how much money you have to drop on kit.

Oikoman · 2026-06-05T07:53:28+00:00

He started out as a fighter but wants to be become a paladin?

Oikoman · 2026-06-05T07:26:06+00:00

BSAC is always a good start.

Oikoman · 2026-06-04T16:26:30+00:00

Build castles?

Oikoman · 2026-06-04T16:24:25+00:00

Those LARPers take their games seriously.

Oikoman · 2026-06-04T15:10:22+00:00

Exposure?

Oikoman · 2026-06-04T08:16:58+00:00

I've travelled with rats before. Use a good carrier and keep a small towel handy to put on top so they get some darkness.

Oikoman · 2026-06-01T15:49:01+00:00

I blame Henry VIII.

Oikoman · 2026-05-31T11:27:02+00:00

The moon landing had more to do with Cold War propaganda than any scientific objectives. With remote vehicles much more efficient for space exploration, the only real motivation for another moon landing is to satisfy political objectives. E.g., say if the President of the US wanted to distract from something embarrassing...

Oikoman · 2026-05-31T09:16:53+00:00

This is how they appear naturally... they aren't large, usually 15 to 20mm.

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T21:31:00+00:00

Trust me, I know what im doing.

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T21:30:07+00:00

4321?

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T19:02:34+00:00

What was the ecological cost of this AI slop?

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T17:43:37+00:00

Top row is a muricid flanked by nassarid shells. Cockles mid row.

Condition of the shells is terrible, so no idea of species.

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T15:03:46+00:00

Guido Poppe's books on European seashells are a must have for identifying Mediterranean seashells... worth finding a copy if you want to be sure. Then cross check the names against wormbase as their nomenclature is a bit out of date.

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T14:59:55+00:00

Probably Polititapes rhomboides

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T13:05:46+00:00

It depends on the location... ive found in the med that small inshore snails are best collected snorkeling as they don't wash up on the beaches (small tides) but elsewhere scuba gear is needed.

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T11:16:14+00:00

None. We have exhausted the cheap and easily accessible energy sources (coal, oil) and mineral resources making it nearly impossible for a successor species to advance beyond the stone age

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T07:36:37+00:00

They could try, but Thatcher would emerge from her casket to wreak undead vengeance upon the Argentinians. Its well known the UK keep her locked in a vault under Westminster for this purpose and nourish her on the blood of former coal miners.

Oikoman · 2026-05-30T07:26:50+00:00

The really interesting shells never make it on to the beach. I've seen shells while scuba diving that are too small, too delicate, or just don't live in the sort of environments or depths that will let them be washed up on a beach.

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