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So, I was meandering among tide pools around the Carradale area when I noticed a great abundance of mollusks. Can anyone tell me if there are any safety issues for consumption of these creatures? Any water report data, pollution, etc.?

Cheers,

Rob

The molluscs themselves are relatively safe... the big danger is using the safety pin... if your not careful you could lose an eye.

Umm, I don't get it. We spell it "mollusks" in the States. Is "mollusk" another word for "grenade" in Scots? Please explain the wink so I don't go around scaring people around here by telling them they are about to step on a grenade.

jeest make sure theres nae sewage pipes aboot

Roberto wrote:So, I was meandering among tide pools around the Carradale area when I noticed a great abundance of mollusks. Can anyone tell me if there are any safety issues for consumption of these creatures? Any water report data, pollution, etc.?

Cheers,

Rob

As badfish commented, jeest make sure theres nae sewage pipes aboot especially doon at Portrigh were there use to be a 90 metre polyproplyene sewage outfall pipe going out to sea, but it broke away in the January gales, never to be seen again and still not replaced by Scottish Water . But as I remember as a lad being told, you always got the biggest and bulk of whelks were all these outfalls were