Scallops Swimming

The most wonderful of all bivalves, the scallops are the only ones that swim.
A scallop escapes predators by flapping its two shells like a butterfly to propel itself through the water, hinge first, in a zigzag fashion.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• mollusk
• mollusks
• bivalve
• bivalves
• pelecypods
• marine
• ocean
• Canjeth
• Studios

[bolddeciever]

Cool video, but the description says hinge first, and in every case shown here they're moving hinge-last...

[AdrianJiek]

@bolddeciever Haha! Depends very much on how you look at it, too! If it doesn't move hinge first, how can it open its shells & swim?

[AdrianJiek]

Love this video ? Rate, then, & remember to comment !

[WindsHeart]

Aww thats the cutest thing i've ever seen good job on the video 5/5

[r1dd3l3r]

O_O i never knew they could swim!! i thought they just .. sat there ..

you learn something new everyday

i was pretty damn surprised when i saw it swim though ! =] great video!

[AdrianJiek]

@abelxy ermmm... what song? couldn't remember that coz I extracted it from somewhere

[josepharte]

Nice!!!!!