COOKERY TIP.
Slice the tails off a few hundred little tadpoles with scissors to make your own tasty (and cheap) caviar.
Slice the tails off a few hundred little tadpoles with scissors to make your own tasty (and cheap) caviar.
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And I bought a fossil which comes from Madagascar.
It is a zigzag oyster ( Rastellum carinatum ) from the Cretaceous, about 100 million years old.
It has a thick shell like most oysters but also heavy ribbing and crenulations which suggest a rough see lifestyle and also protection against predators trying to slide the shell apart.
The two halves would have been connected by ligaments only at the very far right end and about a third of the way along on the inside from the right you can see the large muscle adductor scars where a huge and powerful muscle would have helped keep the shell shut tight when danger threatened.
Nice specimen of a species that existed in rough oceans worldwide from 110 to 65 million years ago when this successful bivalve became extinct in the same global catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs and so many other animals and plants.
It is a zigzag oyster ( Rastellum carinatum ) from the Cretaceous, about 100 million years old.
It has a thick shell like most oysters but also heavy ribbing and crenulations which suggest a rough see lifestyle and also protection against predators trying to slide the shell apart.
The two halves would have been connected by ligaments only at the very far right end and about a third of the way along on the inside from the right you can see the large muscle adductor scars where a huge and powerful muscle would have helped keep the shell shut tight when danger threatened.
Nice specimen of a species that existed in rough oceans worldwide from 110 to 65 million years ago when this successful bivalve became extinct in the same global catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs and so many other animals and plants.
COOKERY TIP.
Slice the tails off a few hundred little tadpoles with scissors to make your own tasty (and cheap) caviar.
NOOOOOO!!!!
Yuuuuuuuuummmmyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goodnight, Bea and anyone else lurking about in the dark.
Tis time for me to climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire.
Not see you all in the morning, i'll warrant.
Night night.
Tis time for me to climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire.
Not see you all in the morning, i'll warrant.
Night night.
Hi Stuart
Here in the UK, the BBC is currently broadcasting a series of wildlife programmes live from Alaska, so we are getting to see all those lovely salmon here too.
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Coincidentally we have decided to pop over to Whitstable on the North Kent coast today.
The Thames estuary is full of oyster beds and Whistable is Kent's centre of excellence for them.
Our native oyster looks like this
You can also get rock oysters which are not native, but are farmed here
You can also get mighty good fish and chips in Whitstable.
Hi Stuart
Here in the UK, the BBC is currently broadcasting a series of wildlife programmes from Alaska, so we are getting to see all those lovely salmon here too.
If you see anything about the Kenai River, that's where I live. One of the world's largest salmon runs is happening right now and it will provide food for the majority of Alaska and folks across the globe over this next year; it's an incredible thing to witness. The organization I work for is on the beaches of the mouth of the river giving out food to the residents and puts on a kids club for the kiddos while parents are dipnetting their salmon for the year. It's a lot of fun, soaking it in as it's my last rodeo, I'll be driving to Texas in just over a month.
I shall listen more carefully when the next one is broadcast tonight
According to this they're mostly in Tongass National Forest and Katmai National Park.
I must admit, I hadn't realised how much of Alaska is down the West coast of Canada. It extends further south than I realised
G'night, Sabine, sleep well after your little count.
I will have to count for longer.
I will count Tidgy photos instead.
Sorry, but I can't resist showing off my little girl.
Feel free to post as much pictures as you like from Tidgy. I love them and she is a beauty !
Beautiful oyster ! So mysterious !
About 100 million years old ? Thats crazy and impressive.
I`ve tasted oysters some years ago but .... I don`t like it. That is not my food.
May oysters live forever ...
Looks like you`re going to have a yummy dinner !
I love salmon, and as fresh as yours is, it will be delicious !
Good appetite.
Coincidentally we have decided to pop over to Whitstable on the North Kent coast today.
The Thames estuary is full of oyster beds and Whistable is Kent's centre of excellence for them.
Our native oyster looks like this
View attachment 214033
You can also get rock oysters which are not native, but are farmed here
View attachment 214034
You can also get mighty good fish and chips in Whitstable.
Enjoy your weekend trip and fish and chips in Whitstable.
Please pictures !!!!!! I love your pics.
Good afternoon, Linda.Coincidentally we have decided to pop over to Whitstable on the North Kent coast today.
The Thames estuary is full of oyster beds and Whistable is Kent's centre of excellence for them.
Our native oyster looks like this
View attachment 214033
You can also get rock oysters which are not native, but are farmed here
View attachment 214034
You can also get mighty good fish and chips in Whitstable.
What a coincidence!
I rather like oysters.
Especially fossil ones.
And I love fish and chips.
But not fossilized.
Will you miss Alaska ?
The organization you work for sounds like a great thing.
Good afternoon, ccl Bee.Feel free to post as much pictures as you like from Tidgy. I love them and she is a beauty !
OK, thanks.
I quite like eating oysters, but it makes me slightly uneasy that we eat them alive.Beautiful oyster ! So mysterious !
About 100 million years old ? Thats crazy and impressive.
I`ve tasted oysters some years ago but .... I don`t like it. That is not my food.
May oysters live forever ...
That doesn't seem right, somehow.
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