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"We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by
complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creatures through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather
magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having
taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a
world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or
never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations,
caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth."
Animals, including mollusks, are not living on this earth for the benefit of man, they are here for their own benefit. We
have no right to kill them unless we must do so for a good purpose. This argument applies to all species whether common or
rare. Thoughtful research on population structure often demands the collection of relatively large, representative,
population samples. And of course, if mollusks are needed for food we must gather them in quantity. But without a worthwhile
need we are under an obligation not to collect more than a very few living specimens, and preferably none at all.
Wide acceptance of this viewpoint would surely lead to effective conservation. Alison Kay's motto "Look but don't touch" is
excellent and should be adopted by everyone.
KAHALA BEACH
Terebra dimidiata - in sand (length 5-5/8")
OFF KOKO HEAD (On the ledge on the inshore side of Koko Head)
Cypraea tigris
OFF KULIOUOU (Philippines Kai) AREA
Cassis cornuta
OFF LANIKAI
Cypraea lynx - 1 ft. deep on side of Mokulua Id.
Cassis cornuta - outside reef 50 to 100 ft.
Conus leopardus - inside reef 1 to 8 ft.
Murex pele - in deep water off the drop off
Cypraea carneola - 35 ft. under rocks.
Many other species have been found in this area but have not been reported except in conservations [sic] which have been
forgotten.
MAKAPUU POINT
Cypraea semiplota - no data
Cypraea tessellata - no data
Cypraea tigris - no data
Conus imperialis - sand 40 ft.
REEFS AND TIDEPOOLS OFF PORTLOCK ROAD (Koko Head shoreline of Maunaloa Bay)
Cypraea caputserpentis - tide pools
Drupa morum - tide pool
Drupa recina - tide pool
Epitonium pyramis - tide pool
Nassa francolinus - tide pool
Patella talcosa - tide pool
Umbraculum sinicum - tide pool.
WAIMANALO - RABBIT ISLAND AREA
Conus bandanus - no data
Conus lividus - no data
Conus retifer - inside masses of dead coral
Conus striatus - in sand
Ianthina fragilis - beach
Strombus maculatus - 1 to 3 ft.
Cypraea maculifera - on coral 30 ft.
Murex pele - under coral 40 ft.
Cypraea granulata - under coral 40 ft
The Philippine Malacological Society's manual HELPFUL HINTS FOR SHELL HUNTERS is strongly recommended reading for the
beginner in Philippine collecting. Chapter 1, A Beach Collectors Log, by Harold Baker is an encouraging bit of reading for
the beach collector. Hand Dredging for Shells, by Elizabeth Harrison and Harold Jewell offers many suggestions for getting
the deep water dwellers without diving (Chapter V). Another interesting chapter, by Jim and Gertrude Andrus, is Fanning Sand
for Shells in which there are many tips for finding the sand dwellers. Chapter XI, Time and Tide conditions, by Evelyn Gage
is also a real help in planning the collecting day. Then there is the Map of Shelling Beaches and the Habitat Locator
developed by Spencer Tinker and R. Gage. This manual, from cover to cover, is truly full of HELPFUL HINTS FOR SHELL
COLLECTORS.
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