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04-23-2009, 10:03 AM,
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Triton'sTrumpet
In 1999 i have been in Los Roques Islands ; Venezuela. In these islads you´ll find the largest community of Strombus gigas in the caribbean. Since it is a protected area, it is possible to snorkell among hundreds of alive S. gigas. Adults; sub-adults and juveniles all together eating the seaweeds.
I had the intention of taking one for my collection, and i could do it, since anyone cared about. Local fishermen are allowded collect and trade them, and it was  tremendous to watch piles of them abandoned like garbage. Happens the same with Strombus pugilis, and this it is getting scarce as well. So, for what i have seen, it is really a miracle they still exist in nature. They are really endagered species, and i think one of the few in the CITES list. |
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