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Mass Sea Snail Deaths Driving Away Tourists
Reuters ^ | Aprill 12 2002

Posted on 04/12/2002 7:46:31 PM PDT by 2Trievers

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Thousands of sea snails are dying along a beach in Bangladesh, creating a stomach-churning stench that is driving away tourists, officials said Thursday.

The tourism officials said the snails were washing up along a wide stretch of Cox's Bazar beach on the Bay of Bengal.

"We are baffled by the finding that only one out of more than 300 species of sea snails are dying off along a particular stretch of the natural beach," Mohammad Zaher, a scientist with Cox's Bazar Sea Fish Research Institute, told Reuters.

The cause of the deaths was not known, he added.

Cox's Bazar, 260 miles southeast of the capital Dhaka, is Bangladesh's main tourist resort but attracts only a few thousand foreign tourists each year because it is poorly maintained.

But residents said the mass snail death could be a boon for people who make dolls and other handicraft items with the shells and sell them at high prices to tourists.


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"But residents said the mass snail death could be a boon for people who make dolls and other handicraft items with the shells and sell them at high prices to tourists."

ROFLOL ... er ... um ... what tourists? &;-)

1 posted on 04/12/2002 7:46:31 PM PDT by 2Trievers
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2 posted on 04/12/2002 7:48:59 PM PDT by 2Trievers
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Mass seaside???
3 posted on 04/12/2002 7:50:17 PM PDT by Neets
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I'm sure that somehow, someway, America is to blame.
4 posted on 04/12/2002 7:52:07 PM PDT by vikingchick
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someway = some way
5 posted on 04/12/2002 8:01:19 PM PDT by vikingchick
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Sea snails and murex in red sauce:

Ingredients:

Sea snails: 0,5 kg Murex: 0,5 Kg Clams: 0, 25 Kg Red shrimps: 0,25 kg Garlic: four big cloves 2 salted anchovies Small shredded capers: about ten Oil (three tablespoones of Extra Virgin Italian Olive Oil) Strong red chilly Cognac: 1/2 a glass White wine: 1/2 glass Tomatoes big and saucy: 6 Crusty bread slices: 6 Parsely

Preparation Shred the tomatoes preparing a sauce. Wash the sea snails, the murex and the clams, possibly in sea water. In a large pan with high borders put some oil and let it fry with some chilly, for a few moments, taking care not to burn the garlic. Add the sea snails and the clams cover the pan and let cook for some minutes on a strong fire. Add the cognac, until it evaporates, and do the same with the wine. Add the raw tomatoes, and let it cook until you obtain a red and thick sauce. If the sauce dries too much, add some water. When half cooked, add two anchovies without bones and properly washed, in order to reduce the salt. Add the capers. Some minutes before the cooking is complete, add the red shrimps. Serve in dishes decorated with the baked bread slices and powder with shredded parsley.

Wine: Cascina Fietta, vino Cortese del Monferrato

Yummy

6 posted on 04/12/2002 8:02:41 PM PDT by mdittmar
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Look at that S car go!....hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
7 posted on 04/12/2002 8:02:52 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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RB ... I know you've been saving that line for just the RIGHT moment! Hahaha

However I believe this is what you meant ... and it's a "C" actually. &;-)

8 posted on 04/12/2002 8:25:12 PM PDT by 2Trievers
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May I offer to bring the wine? &;-)

9 posted on 04/12/2002 8:33:45 PM PDT by 2Trievers
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