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Source: Atlas Obscura The competitors hover over the table, their gloved hands poised for action as the crowd begins to count down. “Three, two, one, shuck!” Each contestant begins the same way: One gloved hand snags the first gnarled shell, while the other deftly wields the short, but dangerous,

Author: Jessica Leigh Hester / Source: Atlas Obscura The year 1903 was a bad one for oysters—or, rather, it was an unsavory time for the New York gourmands who craved heaping piles of goodly mollusks. In February of that year, from his float at the base of Gansevoort Street, which runs straight

На фото: Я люблю вихрастые ,непричёсанные рынки,там сразу видна душа народа. Крики,песни,зазывалы,веселье и вкуснотища.А если продавец устриц весь в наколках и с золотыми перстнями-ты на Сицилии,детка! Рядом с древним амфитеатром #syracuse такой же видавший виды рынок и стоит он на том же самом

Author: Kate Horowitz / Source: mentalfloss.com Researchers writing in the journal Science Advances say blue mussels are rapidly evolving stronger shells to protect themselves against rising acid levels in sea water. Bivalves like mussels, clams, and oysters aren’t good swimmers, and they don’t

New York-based startup Oyster just released its reading app for Android devices — the app works on both phones and tablets, such as the Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire. As a reminder, Oyster is an unlimited subscription service for ebooks. For $9.95 a month, you get access to more than 500,000 books on