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Cypraeidae videos

Meet Cypraea leviathan...

Take a 'tour' of the Leviathan cowry's mantle; it's a forest of papillae, each one seemingly with a life of its own. (11/24 = 14)

Menagerie - the cowries after two 'good' night dives...

How many of these cowries can you name? They came from under 'Dead Man's Boulder.' A huge slab of lava off of the North Shore of O'ahu, I had to take my tanks off (at 45 feet down), slide them in ahead of me, then put them back on, shell like crazy, then take my tanks off again to get out from under it! Thank goodness I dove alone, or I might have been 'committed' for suicidal tendencies! (11/24 = 17)