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Shells are ground up and added to chicken feed (for stronger eggs)
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For decades the large Strombus gigas was used as ballast in ships returning from the Caribbean.
- The Queen Conch of Florida and the Caribbean, was once eaten in such large quantities that their empty shells were used in the building of harbors and breakwaters!
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- South American Indians use shell lime to extract the narcotic (Cocaine!) from cocoa leaves.
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Shell shown is the Xenophora (Xenophora) mekranensis konoi Habe. Picture courtesy of: Sharpe Shells |
- Some countries use powdered shells instead of calcium carbonate to make the liquid clay (called slip) used in the production of ceramics. This adds a different effect to the finished product.