I grew up seeing them breed on the beach every year and watching them lay their pretty blue eggs. One year I went up and down the Indian river in Florida counting them, there were hundreds of them. The population is positively decimated, and while I'm sure it's not ALL them being harvested, it's certainly not helping. I love the little guys. I used to rescue them when they washed up on shore and put them back in the water.
I'm not liking this practice at all....
I have a soft spot for invertebrates. And they're vulnerable/endangered. We need to just use the expensive stuff.
I grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast I remember seeing them as well. Especially at the Barrier Islands… unfortunately Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill and freshwater from the Louisiana spillway killed much of our marine life close to shore ….
I live in fear of another big hurricane. The area I was in during Sandy was decimated. Entire areas washed away.
I moved to Tennessee after Katrina destroyed the Mississippi gulf coast. It was crazy just been moved back to hometown starting a family after military and college ……. It was horrible …… 26 miles of coastline most of it destroyed 1/2 mile - 1 mile inland…. Some places hit with a 28-32 foot storm surge.. my family lived there for 200 years…. Never know what life will bring you. Now I’m buying a retirement home in a place with the worse volcanic explosion of the 20 th century ……lol
Katrina was so much worse. I can't even imagine. It's why no matter how many times my family asks me to move to Florida I won't. I don't ever want to deal with storms like that again.
It difficult. I love living near the water, the seafood and culture ……… but I have 6 kids in Tennessee with a better job market….
Yes! They’re used to make vaccines as well. CBS Sunday morning did an interesting piece on it.
I’m in Memphis and we had so many families move here temporarily during Katrina, but never went back.
I joined too. There are 10 of us now!
I am in middle Tennessee south of Nashville . We were lucky , house was on high land . Sold my house and left three months after Katrina , didn’t wanna raise a family in a disaster area.
