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Originally Posted by icarus
Interestingly, when I lived in South Africa I think I actually heard more about abalone poaching than rhino poaching. For those who don't know, an abalone is a sea snail.
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That's very interesting. Abalones in Chile are called Locos and are frigging expensive. But so delicious. Now, Chile is a relatively cheap country but even going down there with Canadian dollars they are still very expensive when compared to other types of shells. It's because they are becoming harder to find. I spoke last year to a Peruvian friend about it (remember that Chile and Peru are neighbours and share the same Pacific coast) and he was surprised. He said locos in Peru are frigging cheap and plentiful. I'm not sure if Chile (a country with many more regulations in comparison) has legislation or enforcement on it, but that may be a factor.