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Title
Killer Clam
Artist
Christina Ford
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Giant Killer Clam found in the Marshall Islands Micronesia in the South Pacific, circa 1975
These bottom-dwelling behemoths are the largest mollusks on Earth, capable of reaching 4 feet in length and weighing more than 500 pounds. They live in the warm waters of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The largest known specimen of giant clam was over four and a half feet (1.3 m) wide and weighed approximately 550 pounds (250 kg). The large majority of a giant clam’s mass is in its shell, with the soft parts accounting for only approximately 10% of the weight. Like most corals, some anemones, and other reef organisms, giant clams utilize a combination of methods to obtain food. The majority of their energy is derived from symbiotic algae living within their cells, providing the clams with excess energy that they make via photosynthesis (the use of sunlight to convert carbon dioxide into food/energy). In return, the algae have a safe place to live and receive the nutrients necessary to photosynthesize. The giant clams provides those nutrients by filter feeding small prey from the water above the reef surface, which it siphons through its body. The beautiful, bright colors characteristic of individual Giant Clams are actually a result of the symbiotic algae.
Though the soft body only accounts for about 10% of the body weight of giant clams, it is nearly pure, healthy protein, and this species has been hunted for at least several centuries. Unfortunately, this hunting has put the species at risk, and conservationists now consider it to be vulnerable to extinction.
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Featured in the following FAA Groups:
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May 26th, 2020
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CONGRATULATIONS, Christina, your work is featured in "Seashells, Sea Creatures & Sea Treasures Group”! I invite you to place it in the group's “April-May-June" discussion thread for permanency. Thank you for sharing it with us!
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