The 2024 Conch Shell International Film Festival showcases 39 of the best of emerging Caribbean heritage artists from the U.S. and Internationally and provides a unique platform for filmmakers of ...
One of the lesser heard stories of Lord Ganesha is that of Him and Lord Vishnu’s prized conch shell. Lord Ganesha has a playful, mischievous side to him that doesn’t spare anybody – not even ...
In Florida, you cannot purchase a shell with a living conch inside or with an off-center hole larger than a 16th of an inch in diameter through its spire. Earlier this year, NOAA Fisheries listed ...
It's a conch shell that was found in a hunter-gatherer cave in southern France. The artefact is the oldest known wind instrument of its type. To date, only bone flutes can claim a deeper heritage.
Conch's importance to Turks and Caicos dates back to the pre-Columbians who not only ate them but fashioned their shells into tools. Later, islanders used them as musical horns while the shells ...
These crustaceans have been misnamed for two reasons: First, they’re not true crabs, like blue crabs, in that they don’t have a uniformly hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells.