Huge Mulluscs Baffle Brazilian Scientists

Ananova ^ | 9-9-2003

[blam]

Huge molluscs baffle Brazilian scientists

Scientists are baffled after hundreds of huge molluscs began appearing at a dam in Brazil.

They have no idea what they are and are worried because locals are eating them, reports Jornal da Tarde.

The molluscs, found in the Billings dam at Ribeirao Pires in Sao Paulo, weigh about half a kilo each.

They are reproducing quickly and specialist Virgilio Alcides de Farias said: "We are astonished. We have never seen anything like this before. This dam is contaminated."

However, Joana da Silva, who lives near the dam, said: "They taste like chicken, it is really good."

A spokesman for the town mayor said laws would be introduced to stop people taking the molluscs out of the dam until experts identify them.

Story filed: 08:56 Tuesday 9th September 2003

[The Duke]

I cought a 765 lb catfish out of Utah Lake. The tough part wasn't catching the fish, it was putting the 100 lb cricket on the hook.

I caught a fish one time near a dam that was so large that I damaged the shocks on my truck just driving home. I have no idea how much it weighed, but the picture I took of it weighed ten pounds!!!

[jrushing]

Or Hugh Mollusks? A very series problem

Yes, if you try to Hug A Mollusk, they slip out of your grasp like a raw oyster sliding down before you can eat your ketchup, horse-raddish, tobasco, & cracker!

[RaceBannon]

In real life, I swam with some porpoises off the islan od Koolauee, Hawaii, in 1981.

They didnt let me near them this was NOT Flipper.

But, on the way back, I saw a Manta Ray that had to be 12' long! It was twice as long as I was tall, and about 12' across, it was HUGE!!

We came right at each other, than swam in a semi circle away from each other, wondering which one of us was hungry for the other one!

[tpaine]

They said that there were catfish down there as big as a Volkswagen and could easily swallow a man
-El-



There is an late 1800's photo of a Sacramento river catfish found stranded after a flood..

Estimated length is about 16 feet, based on the farm wagon its laying on.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Dianna Ross warned us about this...

[djf]

Damn dam clams!

[goody2shooz]

Sounds like gooeyduck clams. They are very, very large. In fact, they grow so large the shell can't keep up and the siphon hangs out REAL long. Looks kind of like...well, sort of, ...uh, obscene?!

[Wisconsin]

"He was a brave man who first ate an oyster" -- Jonathan Swift

[July 4th]

Yeah, see post #4.

[goody2shooz]

These are real clams, folks. No kidding.

The correct spelling is geoduck, but pronounced "gooeyduck". Clammers use big shovels and stovepipes to get them up out of the sand.

The biggest I've seen is a pound-and-a-half. Should make quite a large amount of clam chowder.

[Shmokey]

Huge Mulluscs Baffle Brazilian Scientists

I'm sure many things Baffle Brazilian Scientists

[jrushing]

"He was a brave man who first ate an oyster" -- Jonathan Swift

This is the great mystery of the world! (They are tasty with just lemon)

[Blackyce]

Geoduck clams

[NCjim]

This dam is contaminated

Where is Just Damn when you need it?

[Argus]

Alright, MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD bump.

And wasn't Nancy Davis Reagan in that movie?

[Frank_2001]

That would make one helluva clambake!

[fourdeuce82d]

Tempora batter and deep fried: sounds good to me

heard about the "Tempura Shelter"? It's for lightly battered women.

let the outrage begin...

[Doctor Stochastic]

One of the best comments was by a woman on CNBC. They were tasting sweet drinks (something like chocolate and honey or something.) The guys asks her how she liked it. Her reply (with a straight face) was: "Tastes like chicken."