A unusual sighting !

[akoh]

A pic. of a rare golden cowry taken in Palau. Cheer !

 

[ScoobaKev]

Cool. Clearly not the usual 'Palau Hantu' sighting...

 

[Sinker]

A pic. of a rare golden cowry taken in Palau. Cheer !

wow! that's an expensive cowry you have there. i heard of a dm being rewarded with USD200 for finding one for a diver in Iindonesia...

 

[akoh]

wow! that's an expensive cowry you have there. i heard of a dm being rewarded with USD200 for finding one for a diver in Iindonesia...

Yah ! the price tag on this rare cowry is US$250 ! anyway after taking this shot, I took the shell to deeper depth and hide it !.

 

[DTan]

why is it so rare and why so highly in demand???

 

[beivied]

Yah ! the price tag on this rare cowry is US$250 ! anyway after taking this shot, I took the shell to deeper depth and hide it !.

:thumbsup: in my opinion ..

hope the cowrie was grateful :bsmilie:

 

[Sinker]

Yah ! the price tag on this rare cowry is US$250 ! anyway after taking this shot, I took the shell to deeper depth and hide it !.

:thumbsup:

 

[DTan]

i dun understand. someone pls explain why is the cowry worth so much, and why is it so rare and more impt, why is it good to hide it?

 

[zick]

USD$250?! How big was it? Thumb size?

yeah.. i oso dont noe wats the worth in it...

 

[akoh]

USD$250?! How big was it? Thumb size?

yeah.. i oso dont noe wats the worth in it...

It's about 2".
Demand and Supply thingy !

 

[Sinker]

i dun understand. someone pls explain why is the cowry worth so much, and why is it so rare and more impt, why is it good to hide it?

Donno exactly why it's rare. Low 'production' rate? For collectors of seashells, cowrie shells out there, it's hard to find so if one comes on the market, people pay good $ for the chance to own one.
The idea of hiding it (for what it's worth) is to make it harder for divers who will not think twice about fishing it out of the sea for USD200 +++. Do not really think it works cause they do move about ...

 

[zick]

they do move about ...

huh..how?

 

[Sinker]

huh..how?

Googled and got this pic. http://www.divegallery.com/cowry_carnelian.htm
- you get the idea?

 

[Sinker]

A pic. of a rare golden cowry taken in Palau. Cheer !

Hey, comparing this http://www.divegallery.com/cowry_carnelian.htm
with this http://www.george-shells.com/seashells.html (1st pic), it appears that yours a Canelian Cowry and not the Golden Cowry. They sure look alike and 1f you ask me, the canelan looks ncer! :bsmilie:

 

[sunfish]

Hey, comparing this http://www.divegallery.com/cowry_carnelian.htm
with this http://www.george-shells.com/seashells.html (1st pic), it appears that yours a Canelian Cowry and not the Golden Cowry. They sure look alike and 1f you ask me, the canelan looks ncer! :bsmilie:

yup, this is not golden cowry, some other pics of the Lyncina Aurantium here

http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_478.html

It has been a prized collection amongst shell collectors, used to be rare and expensive. There have been more sightings in the recent years

 

[zick]

Oh.. so the 'worm' upgraded his home frm a Canelian to a Golden eh...