I ===== | The oyster bears its age upon its back. ; It i- a- ea-y to tell the age of an ox.-ter I >'. v linking at it- shell a- it is that -if j horses by examining (heir teeth. Kvervj one who has handled an oyster shell ' hiii- 1 have noticed layers oxerlapping .cadi Other. They are technically termed . "-hots, I'.acli "shot" marks a x'ear's j growth, -o that by counting the laxers the age of the oyster can be determined. I I,i the time of the oyster's matnritv--that is. when four years of age--'the "shot-" arc regular and successive; but alter that time thex' become irre"ti lar and are piled one upon another, so that the shell becomes bulky and thickened.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 286, 3 December 1938, Page 20
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