11. She also tells him that the lagoon is indeed thick with pearl oysters . 12. Cats slumber across finely carved tables with inlaid mother-of-pearl oyster shell. 13. These bivalves are the largest pearl oysters in the world. 14. "It's too expensive to go out and just keep looking for pearl oysters ." 15. Some kinds of pearl oysters are harvested for the pearl produced within the mantle. 16. In nature, pearl oysters produce pearls by covering a minute invasive object with nacre. 17. You won't find it at Mermaid Inn, Pearl Oyster Bar, Oceana or Masa, either. 18. Can a tiny place like the Pearl Oyster Bar be said to have a bad table? 19. The pearl oysters that were once the archipelago's main source of wealth disappeared after the 1950s. 20. A mysterious disease the last several years has almost made Japan's pearl oysters an endangered species.
