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Old 01-08-2008, 10:44 PM
kb2rocket kb2rocket is offline
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Originally Posted by Slraep
Hi kb2rocket,

Considering a lot of molluscs die after nucleation, the answer certainly seems so, or, for people who don't want to admit other creatures besides themselves feel pain, the molluscs seem to at least feel extreme discomfort. I've read that camphor can be used as an anestethic but I don't know how, when, where and on which ones.

If you are worried about inflicting pain, why do you want to learn how to learn nucleus implantation? I think you have cultivate some non-sensitivity first.

Slraep
it may be shellfish (PUN) but my desire to try out my ideas slightly wins over my compassion for all living things
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this compassion is a strength not a weakness I will be contacting various vets and and animal professionals to see how this can be done and if I can find a way to lessen the trauma to the mollusk then I am sure more of them will pull through
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as I stated my motivation is not profit and the number animals involved will be exstremely low compared to a pearl farm . I will start my learning by disecting dead mollusks until I am confident enough to risk a live animal
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if all goes well the end result in about 7 years will be a very different pearl.
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