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In fact, they live BETTER without a pearl.
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Of course they can. They were not born with them. In fact a pearl is just made by accident and some don%26#039;t even have pearls. They get pearls by a foreign body going in the oyster and the oyster makes a coating around it. Thus creating the pearl.
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oysters form pearls in response to irritation. Not all oysters will have a pearl in them
%26quot;cutlured pearls%26quot; the irritant is purposefully placed in the oyster. -
They live without any pearl. Pearl was an accident when a foreign object entered in an oyster. The immune system wanted to protect the oyster from foreign object and built hard shell around it.
In the beginning people used to get them by accident then found out how they can get pearls and began inserting foreign objects as an industry. -
To remove a pearl, the oyster would have to die by having it%26#039;s shell opened I assume.
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It is not like pearl is the heart of oyster or sth. Pearl is a by-product of a protective mechanism of the oyster when foreign particle enters the oyster.