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Julie’s Test Post
The Cook Islands are the world’s second largest producer of black pearls. Not to be confused with The Black Pearl (pirate ship NOT made in the Cook Islands), these pearls are formed by the Tahitian black-lipped oyster Pinctada margaritifera when an irritating grain of sand is coated in the same substance (calcium carbonate) that the oyster coats the inside of its shell with. Much more rare than white pearls (about 1 in 10,000), black pearls get their color from soaking up pigment from the black band around the edges of the aptly named Tahitian black-lipped oyster, pictured above. Due to the rare nature of black pearls, they cost (on average) about ten times price of white pearls. So ladies, if you want to buy some rare pearls in the Cook Islands, bring plenty of green to get the black! 
Aimee’s Test Blog
Rugby is the most popular sport in the Cook Islands.
First post
Whoooooooo!!!!!! So excited for this trip!!!!!
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Woohoo!
excited for the research trip!
Tevin’s test blog
Can’t wait for this trip!
Paul Spaur
The Cook Islands population size is decreasing due to migration to NZ.
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Welcome to our CI in CI Blog!
Gang,
This is our blog home. Note that this is separate from our “information” page. That page will be maintained by Dr. Steele. This will be the site wherein we post info about our trip. You should have all gotten the logon information. Please try posting an interesting Cook-related factoid today to make sure you can post text and images.
Thanks!
-Dr. A
