Posted on 01/30/2005 2:31:56 PM PST by wagglebee
I hate to argue with kin of marine biologists but you can open a clam by smothering it long enough. Clamp it shut and after a while it will be "gasping" like, and open readily when released.
We're jewelers in my family...
You know, it looks sort of like a mummified monkey head, nodding a little to the left.
I'll say it again. One ugly pearl.
Giant clam shell---you can probably pick one up on ebay for a few hundred...clams. :)
I used to have one, got it at Pier 1 in the seventies. Size of a baby's cradle it was. No excuse, had money coming out of my eyes at the time.
Other way being to cut the muscle that serves to close it. And that would kill it.
What kind of clams? Commercial eating?
WoW... that must've been quite a sight!
They are beautiful, I see them when I scuba dive, I like the big gust of water they shoot when they close up!
It must be an awesome sight indeed... :o) Where do you scuba dive?
Usually in Thailand, I did the Pacific Ocean side and the Indian Ocean side in December, and have dove in Indonesia and the Barrier Reef. Click on my name for some pics from the last trip.
The giant clams are beautiful, the biggest I ever saw were in the Coral Sea.
Don't feel bad for the business owner. Feel sorry for the fish. At the time (six years ago?), I was a temp at Virginia's third largest law firm.
I wouldn't say my 12-pound tuxedo cat is a sweetheart, but he's certainly a cool character. :-)
Are there a lot of pearl farms where you dove? I was wondering if they were destroyed in the tsunami.
Bummer.
I don't recall seeing any, but there were a few in Vietnam at Nha Trang, but that's a different ocean!
I'm going back to Phuket soon, just depends on my job situation, and my possible future job situation. Its pretty much rebuilt in Patong.
$1,035 and you gave it out. That has to suck. :-(
I've had both, fresh water is too easy, I had Oscars that ate anything, including the Plecostomus.
As for salt, its tough here in AZ, because of the summer heat to keep the water cool, but I always had problems with my 55 gal. I once had a grouper that ate a wrasse that was 2/3rd his size, he had its tail sticking out of his mouth for a day.
I don't have room for a salt tank now, but I will get a 100 gal with a wet/dry when I do. Its gratifying to see all the fish I killed in their natural environment, Iv've seen almost everything diving except for blue tangs. And I got nailed by a lion fish once, that hurt!
Ping me if you ever put a picture of your kitty on your FR profile. :-)
You're lucky, I think I am going to be sent to Albania and Macedonia for my next assignment. Not exactly garden spots.
The aneome wasn't that big, just close up shot! The shark was in the pacific, the rest in the much clearer Indian Ocean.
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