Scallops clamming

Eight fresh scallop clams, snapping their shells

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• scotland
• islands
• lewis
• scallops

[sekireiAZ]

i have a question too, what is that things like noodle on top off the clam?? is that worm?? euuft

[ADB41]

@sekireiAZ Would you eat the shell? A scallop lives on the bottom of the sea, and its hard shell serves as a base for many other creatures. The worm would never get into the scallop itself, as this feeds by filtering seawater.

[tinsel15]

thats neat , i never though that they were accually alive

1. Do they breath and have eyes?

2. Can they bite your finger off?

3. Is that as big as they get?

[ADB41]

Answering questions above:

1. They don't have lungs, but get their oxygen supply from the water, like fish do. They have no eyes.

2. Their shells can catch your finger if it happens to be in there when they shut, and give it a nasty nip. They cannot bite (have no teeth) or digest solid nutrition. Scallops filter the seawater and extract algae and other microscopic organisms from the water

3. They can grow to about 15 cm / 6 inches across I believe

[EJTV3]

@ADB41 They actually have between 50 and 200 simple eyes but they are used to note changes in light such as to escape predators.

[matcherbuds]

More like one clam snapping its shell.

[bocephus3006]

ya think somebody else could tell us they have eyes!who cares!lets eat.

[ryuuwyvern90]

@ADB41 Actually, they do have eyes. They are sensitive to light, but see no shapes or colours. When you are close enough you can see black dots peering out from each half of its hinged shell.

[MKodst]

@ADB41 Not true actually. They do have eyes believe it or not. Learned it in highschool biology.

[YukiTsuki101]

I WANNA EAT THEM! x___x

[theCRIMSONtradition]

I actually only saw 1 scallop clamming. And it wasn't really clamming, more like convulsing from dryness shock.

[1churchill2]

@ADB41 @tinsel15 Actually, Scallops have sixty eyes.