You know those little plastic-covered baskets filled with shells that they sell at the tourist places near the beach? I guess I always figured locals picked the shells off the beach and sold them as is. Turns out most of those shells were collected live in the ocean and then the animal inside was promptly killed and the shell cleaned out and sold. Easiest way to get a perfect shell. So all of those shells decorating mirrors and lamps etc were probably collected live and then killed just to make our mirrors and lamps etc seem beachy. Hmmm. Now that doesn't seem too peachy...
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