But, at most, they have had to dispose of no more than 30 shells a day.
But investigators had found more than 100 shells at the scene from a type of ammunition used exclusively by the military, prosecutor Claudia Paz y Paz said.
And what this means to life in the oceans is potentially disastrous: corals and mollusks have more difficulty making shells, plankton at the base of the food chain become less viable, and whole ecosystems are potentially threatened.
Police said they found 69 shells and more than 320 unused bullets at the scene.
Studying these will test the hypothesis that modern shells are more efficient than ancient ones, and thus out-competed them.
They stock more than a dozen shells in different levels of stiffness for all ability skiers, different lasts for wider or narrower feet, as well as many complete boots with stock liners for those wanting only orthotics.
Twelve-gauge shotguns often fire five shells, and sometimes more, before needing to be reloaded.
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She said it would take far more than 48 of the small mortar shells to produce the explosions seen in Boston.
It turns out that those selenium "doughnuts" can be packed tightly onto a metal surface without touching, thanks to their soft shells, which could allow more bits to be packed onto a hard drive, or be used in quantum computers and next-gen displays.
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They provide a living for 1m farmers along the coast and also for 7, 000 people employed to get the kernels out of their outer shells, an activity that provides more industrial jobs than any other.
Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos has been one of the biggest new menu items in recent times, with Taco Bell selling more than 300 million of the tacos with flavored shells since their introduction in March.
More than 100 people died and hundreds were wounded by shells fired from German cruisers off the north-east coast on 16 December 1914.
When you take into account the ease with which they inhabit the ocean, free dive to depths of 15m or more, hold their breath for minutes, hunt for turtles, shells and sea cucumbers, and navigate between distant islands, led only by instinct, both names are equally fitting.
It would be totally different impact if the shells hit rocks or cement, the shrapnel would fly much more.
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