Nice one Art Kev

Art Weil wrote:

> Dear Bill;- > Your friend is absolutely right. Shells, which are calcarious cytoplasm, > are created from the (mostly) large seaweed fronds. The fronds break off, and > on their way to the bottom of the sea, curl to the right in the Nothern > Hemisphere and to the left (or sinistralia) in the Southern Hemisphere. The > individual protoblasts are replaced by calcium carbonate molecules which > inhabit all salt waters. On reaching the bottom, the new shell-like creatures > are subjected to tides and tsunamis which wash them ashore in places such as > Florida and New Jersey. > The Answer Man >