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Distinguished by their conical shell shapes, \u2018opihi (limpets or sea snails) line the shorelines of the Hawaiian Islands, dotting large rocks or boulders singularly or in clusters where the ocean is rough and algae is plentiful. Braving the pounding surf and slippery rocks, \u2018opihi pickers risk their lives to ku\u2018i \u2018opihi, or pry the limpets loose from a rock with a knife. \u201cHe i\u2018a make ka \u2018opihi,\u201d as one Hawaiian proverb goes, \u201cthe \u2018opihi is a fish of death\u201d\u2014a reference to the danger of being washed away by the waves. \u2018Opihi pickers have long learned never to turn their back on the ocean, but one missed wave could mean the difference between life or death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Opihi are a culturally revered and important species, not just for their ecology, but also as a food species and [for practical use],\u201d says Anthony Mau, who holds a doctorate in molecular biosciences and bioengineering and studied tropical limpet species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In traditional Hawai\u2018i, \u2018opihi was part of the Native Hawaiian diet starting at infancy. A little past six months old, a child would be given the soft parts of \u2018opihi with some poi or sweet potatoes, scholar Margaret Titcomb wrote in the research paper \u201cNative Use of Marine Invertebrates in Old Hawaii.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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