| I see, it makes sense that a few of the freshwater species are endagered and some not. Silly me not to remember that we do have some freshwater mussels here, although theyŽre unable to produce pearls sadly... I remember that when I were small my family sometimes went to a beach with tons of them lying on the ground, youŽd have to be careful or wear sandals or else youŽd cut yourself on all the shells lying around, my sister did once. Me and a couple of siblings thought that they could produce pearls so we opened a few mussels until mom told us that they couldnŽt. Poor mussels. I was so naive to think that the first mussel IŽd open would hold a giant, shining, white perfectly round pearl... Now I just smile at the idea. I donŽt even like white pearls much. |