What's Inside a Conch Shell?

This video is about conches and sea snails. It discusses what conches and sea snails look like without their shells and can help answer the following questions:
- What does a conch look like without its shell?
- What does a sea snail look like without its shell?
- What's inside a conch shell?
- How to identify a conch shell?
- Do conches have eyes?
- Do conches have mouths?
- How do conches move?
- How do sea snails move?
- How to tell the difference between a conch and a sea snail?
- How do sea snails breathe?
- How do conches breathe?
- How do snails make their shells?
- How do conches make their shells?
Specimen use made possible by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in Santa Barbara, California.
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I don't know how to tell this guy, but all of his pets are dead.

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Lol

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Yeah he’s a scientist

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Its food not pets

[@Jcc2224]

Conch faces really got that "Star Wars comic-relief side character" vibe and I am all here for it.

[@Gingerchalky]

Legit made me think of JarJar Binks 😂

[@nikkifish]

A Specific way to describe something

[@titanomachy2217]

The name of the characters you are thinking of are Max Rebo and Sy Snootles. Max is the blue, vaguely elephant-like dude playing the keyboard in Jabba's Palace in Return of the Jedi. In fact, the band he plays in is called the Max Rebo Band. And Sy is the female singer in the band, with eyes on stocks and a mouth at the end of a proboscis-like extension. I know this because I thought the same thing about conchs a few years ago and looked up those characters' names at the time. I love the lil googly eyes conchs have, and their lil snoots, they look so cute.

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Definitely the piano sounds

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@@Majessty333 yes the piano is very Mr. Rodgers

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The piano elevates the video excellently.

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I hated that effect

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Gives it a very Mr Roger’s is teaching us kind of vibe. I love it!

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I love it, very nostalgic

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Reminds me of Mr Rogers.

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The conch really is out there looking like 👁👄👁

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much easier to look at your version 🤣 Scrolling back up to the video scares me. I'll just stay down here in the comments where I feel safe.

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Same

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1:21 I can’t believe a conch have juicier lips than me 😭

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That's gary

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Has

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The little piano licks here and there remind me of Mr Rogers Neighborhood. Keep up the great content!

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reminds me of Blue’s Clues

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Yeah, ir felt nostalgic lol

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I hope there's a science teacher out there showing these videos to their classroom. Great stuff!

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Fun tip: Conch is pronounced differently in the Caribbean. The C sounds like a k and the ch is also replaced with the sound of k. So instead of conch is would be pronounced konk.

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Yep, that's how we say it 🇧🇸

[@ThingInTheMirror]

That’s how I say it in North Carolina

[@kadncex1539]

From Florida and always called it Knok. Used to get knok soup all the time in restaurants. Similar to clam chouder but would be spicy

[@robertolesen5782]

And then there’s conch fritters…

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But isn't the first C always pronounced as a K? 🤔

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the editing on this feels like a mr rogers episode, piano riffs and explanations in a soothing voice

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All Hail The Magic Conch. 🐚

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Ululululululululululululululu😛

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Magic Conch? You mean like THIS?

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😂 poor Squidward

[@OpEditorial]

Definitely enjoying these "what do they look like under their shells" series, still waiting for you to do an episode featuring your beanie.

[@JakeyBro69]

Reminds me of the time I picked up a really pretty shell and started walking with it in my hands, and then a conch came out and touched my finger and I freaked out because i was 8 years old 😭😭

[@SSebstan]

I did the same with a conch and thought it was tryna stab me with the operculum lmao

[@soxrocker04]

I once picked up a cool looking rock at the edge of a lake when I was a kid, so obviously I picked it up thinking I wanted to bring it home with me. Well when I turned it over, I noticed a big leech inching towards my fingers. I screamed and dropped it, running back towards my family. Safe to say, I'm still wary of big rocks in water to this day. In fact, in general I don't like going into bodies of water in nature for fear of leeches or getting stung by some unknown thing.

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At least it wasn’t a cone snail

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​@@Alpha-zb8spIf there is one creature that definitely freaks me out, it's the cone snail. I have an irrational fear of stepping on one and getting shanked

[@daniellewininger1290]

I had never seen a conch with anything in it.

[@Paper-Face-Zee]

The conch had a happy lil smile and I love that for him

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happy to be a test dummy

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Pretty sure it’s dead

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The piano sounds that he adds to his videos makes it feel like a segment of Mr. Roger’s neighborhood. This was very fun to watch. Thanks for making a great video!

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Im loving the similar Mister Rogers Neighborhood piano style of playing while learning. It always just makes it all that much more magical to me.

[@420MilkMan]

Thanks for making me CONCHesley aware

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Hahaha LOL

[@jasonk5752]

I never knew that I needed to know what conchs looked like! Another A+ video!

[@phlagenjoyer]

I knew how snails move, but I do keep them as pets, soooo

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I never bothered to think about the creature those shells belong to lmao. I was perfectly content with the idea of them just spawning on beaches with no discernible origin.

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This channel is great and the little musical arrangements make it unique

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my cat loves your videos, everytime i put them on he always watches the whole thing with me

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This is the type of video and edit I love. Soft music, slow and audible narration, clear examples. Beautiful

[@markb8556]

Inside a conch shell is a voice that gives you answers to questions you ask it.

[@Everettalla]

Your channel makes me feel like a kid again ❤ I love natural history

[@emilsajabraham5022]

I like the fact that the Conch has the ability to disappear its shell

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Get that afternoon kids educational show vibe. I like it.

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Man, the presentation in this video (and I'm assuming your other videos) is exceptional, great color/aesthetic design, script, and the musical cues and little graphics are all very well thought out

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I learn more here than school

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true...

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So true

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Agreed

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The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[@zcarp8642]

the sharp operculum is also used as a weapon. fighting conches often hit eachother, and humans, which the sharp operculum, so holding conches isnt always recommended

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Thats so cool. I have a conch shell and I never knew how a conch looked.

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Bro was just vibeing and now he's dried out

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You remind me of Steve from Blue's Clues and it's relaxing as heck.

[@cwhip2432]

Thanks bro, those snail and conch differences were so subtle, never would have bothered to look into it. You elevated my knowledge in a fun and playful manner.

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I like this form of slow spaces talking with the piano in the back ots so relaxing to watch

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The piano kinda reminds me of watching Little Bill back in the day lol

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The fact that he's pronouncing conch like con-ch instead of conk freaks me out

[@PolkaTrout]

Oh thank goodness! I was afraid I was the only one…

[@supotter377]

Huh interesting I’ve only ever heard it how he says it

[@rmpratt11]

@@supotter377 same, I’ve only heard it pronounced con-ch

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It is pronounced con-ch go watch some SpongeBob bro 😂

[@cancelery6224]

I believe he was saying conches as addressing them in plural

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Im from Florida and we would pronounce conch as konk, and it would be served as a soup. conch soup was similar to clam chowder but would be quite spicy with chunks of Conch. It was very good, as I got older from a young teen and as time passed I noticed that no one ever had it on their menu any more.

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Not gonna lie, the piano bits, give these videos a “Mr. Rogers” vibe. 😅 I was born in the ’80’s. It’s cute! I love it!!❤❤❤

[@tophsuniverse]

I love shells! I had a giant shell for awhile and thought it was a conch shell, but it’s a different sea snail! Thanks for educating us!

[@Flarefishythefirst]

The specimens you have are excellently preserved.

[@Mukadender]

Fun fact: some are over hundreds of years old

[@bluebassboy22]

I've been wanting the know the anatomy for a while now. Perfect video, thank you!

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This is my new favorite video genre. Just what I need to wind down in the evening. My mom LOVESSSS conches… she’s going to love beach combing and dunking on her friends with this new knowledge >:)

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1990's nostalgia vibes. 10/10

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I love the little piano motif.

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[@DukeCyrus]

Oh wait isnt the plate that some other snails used to seal the shell closed also called an operculum? Would it be safe to assume that conches used to do that as well, but evemtually evolved to use it for movement?

[@DioLT]

In the video he shows a hidden conch and it seemed to be using its operculum to close its shell, so I would assume so

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@@DioLT oh I didn't even see that the first time through, thanks!

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@@DukeCyrus No problem! 😊

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Thank you so much for your educational & informative video. They are clear and easy to understand. Now I can appreciate and enjoy more when I look at the conches and sea snails that I’ve collected. 👍👍

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Conches look so squishy! This youtube channel is the channel I never knew I'd need

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Fascinating. I never knew what a conch looked like

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💕✌🏼 Awesome stuff, I believe it's pronounced like 'honk' like conk...

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The Conch still smiles even in death. Cool

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