Miss Porpoise

 

The Abalone

Whether it is an animal you can easily look at and admire or whether it is an animal inside a shell they are all needed and deserve to be protected.  The white abalone should never have been caught and sold at such a rate that it is now endangered.  The word endangered creates concern no matter what animal or creature I am reading about.  The abalone is a mollusk and mollusks are important in ecological communities.   The white and black abalone are both listed as endangered and attention needs to be given.  I am glad that innovative work is being done to reduce poaching.  Any animal even as small as a snail has an important function.  I was so interested to learn about the mollusks having a foot which is useful and strong.  The foot helps them to navigate through water and to attach to rocks.  I hope the interest in these unique creatures and knowing of their ecological importance is motive to be concerned and do something to help in conservation efforts.