Have you ever been looking along the beach, and stumbled upon a shell with a perfectly circle hole already punched in it? Have you ever wondered how so many shells have these fully round holes pre-made? Here is the intriguing, and slightly gross story of the shells with holes.
On one of the rocks of the ocean, a mussel clings to the hard, cold surface of the rock with its strange filament. Then, a snail oozes around the corner and draws close to the mussel, using its foot to squeeze acid into the shell, starting a hole in its smooth surface. After it is finished, it uses its radula to further rasp open the shell, then repeats the process. After many tedious hours, even days, it is finished and the snail once again inserts its radula through the hole in the shell and tears the mussel meat, pulling it into its mouth, providing a long delicious meal.
Later, the very same shell washes up on the shore, still baring the hole punched into it by the snail. And that is how these holes come to you.
On one of the rocks of the ocean, a mussel clings to the hard, cold surface of the rock with its strange filament. Then, a snail oozes around the corner and draws close to the mussel, using its foot to squeeze acid into the shell, starting a hole in its smooth surface. After it is finished, it uses its radula to further rasp open the shell, then repeats the process. After many tedious hours, even days, it is finished and the snail once again inserts its radula through the hole in the shell and tears the mussel meat, pulling it into its mouth, providing a long delicious meal.
Later, the very same shell washes up on the shore, still baring the hole punched into it by the snail. And that is how these holes come to you.
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