Oyster Blog
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This little darling divided the Hama Hama crew into two camps: those who thought it was a squid, and those who thought it was a juvenile octopus. In truth, it's neither. Stubby squid aren't true squid, have a lot in...
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We are very proud.
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Last fall one of our friends found a vein of petrified clams while building a road near Mineral, Washington. The three foot thick, forty foot long clam vein was found at 2800 feet in elevation. We were intrigued by the...
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The other day a customer in the retail store informed us that we needed to restock our display tanks because all the oysters in it were dead. But the oysters weren't dead, they were just eating. All the oysters had...
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How's this for food photography: For the past couple of months Adam has been collecting saltwater and giving the samples to Pete Becker of Little Skookum Shellfish. Pete examines the water under a microscope and looks for shellfish food. Now,...
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First, you need to know a little bit about oyster anatomy. Oysters have a top, flat side and a bottom, cupped side. An oyster has a narrow, hinged end and a wide, fluted end. In the photo below, the knife...
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There are two parts to the video... first the octopus swims, and then he changes color. We're not sure, but we think this is a little red octopus. And that's not meant to be sarcastic. There are two species of...
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included a gorgeous sunrise: lots of digging in search of a missing water line: and an octopus hunt! Adam pulled an octopus up with the oyster tubs this morning, and brought him up to the livetanks for a photo shoot....
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Watery gastropods like moon snails can withdraw completely into their shell and slam the door shut on the outside world. They do this to prevent dessication and avoid predators. The door is called an operculum, Latin for "little lid." Moon...
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Check out these colorful oyster shacks of Ile d'Oléron, France, courtesy of Walt. Meanwhile, last summer residents of Wellfleet, MA decided to preserve Cape Cod's last historic oyster shack "as tribute to oystering." Unfortunately the news article didn't provide a...
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As we watch our shiny-new shucking and retail facility grow bigger and better every day, we thought we'd take a moment to honor the small, funky, and frequently dilapidated oyster shacks that line Hood Canal's beaches. The first building featured...