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unusual facts about clam



A. ovalis

Anadara ovalis, the blood ark clam, a clam species found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts to the West Indies and Brazil

Alligator Point, Florida

Alligator Harbor is known for its clam harvesting and was featured on Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs."

Areop-Enap

In the darkness, Areop-Enap explored the clam's insides, and found a tiny snail (or in some accounts, a Triton's Horn shellfish).

Atlantic surf clam

The "tongue" or foot of the clam is commercially valuable because it is cut into long strips which are breaded and fried and served as "clam strips", first popularized by the Howard Johnson's franchise.

Benny Leonard

“Leonard might have beaten the champion if he had a little more confidence,“ the Chicago Tribune said, “but even when he was having the best of the going he shut up like a clam and clinched for all he was worth.”

C. edule

Cerastoderma edule, the common cockle, an edible saltwater clam species

Chiloé Island

All of these remains indicate the presence of nomadic groups dedicated to the collection of marine creatures (clams, mussels and choromytilus chorus, among others) and to hunting and fishing.

Clamato

It is also referred to colloquially as "clamato juice." Clamato was produced in its current form beginning in 1966 by the Duffy-Mott company in Hamlin, New York, by two employees who wanted to create a Manhattan clam chowder style cocktail by combining tomato juice and clam broth with spices.

Connor: Spotlight

Pearl Jam: There is a poster for "Pearl Clam" in Connor and Avery's room.

D. gouldii

Donax gouldii, the bean clam, a species found on the Pacific coast of North America

Danube Sinkhole

In the 1960s, Jochen Hasenmayer discovered and explored the first 400 meters of a large clam-shaped hole called the Aachhöhle.

Fenwick Island State Park

The bay side of the park is open to fishing, recreational crabbing, clamming, sailing and windsurfing and kayaking.

Fried clams

For years Soffron Brothers Clam Co., based in Ipswich, Massachusetts, served as the exclusive supplier of clam strips to the Howard Johnson's restaurant chain, which sold the whole country on this Down East delicacy.

Later, Thomas Soffron, of Soffron Brothers Clam Co., based in Ipswich, Massachusetts, created clam strips, which are made from the "foot" of hard-shelled sea clams.

Heinrich Clam-Martinic

Count Heinrich Karl Clam-Martinic (1 January 1863, Vienna – 7 March 1932, Klam) was an Austrian statesman.

Lundy's Restaurant

At the turn of the 20th century, Irving Lundy started a business selling clams out of a pushcart.

Mulinia coloradoensis

Isotope analysis of oxygen in the shells of the clam have also been used to independently estimate rates of salinity, and the results from this approach were found to correspond with observations of the prevalence of the clam shells, and also to agree with numerical models proposed in the past.

Mulinia coloradoensis, also known as the Colorado Delta clam is a species of clam endemic to the Colorado River Delta.

Nico Assumpção

Back in Brazil he went to study at CLAM, with famous Brazilian bassists Luis Chaves and Amilton Godoy.

Pearl of Lao Tzu

He alleged he had been approached by a Chinese fellow named Li, who told him that the pearl had first been grown in a much smaller clam around a jade amulet inserted by a disciple of the legendary sage Laozi more than 2,500 years ago, and been transferred over the centuries to ever larger clams, growing to record size.

Striped bass fishing

Striped bass can be caught using a number of baits including: clams, eels, anchovies, bloodworms, nightcrawlers, chicken livers, menhaden, herring, shad, and sandworms.

Tuatua

Paphies subtriangulata is a species of edible bivalve clam known as tuatua in the Māori language, a member of the family Mesodesmatidae and endemic to New Zealand.

Yellow Sea

The sea is rich in seaweed (predominantly kelp, Laminaria japonica), cephalopods, crustaceans, shellfishes, clams, and especially in blue-green algae which bloom in summer and contribute to the water color (see image above).


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