Giant Clams 'Secure For Another Generation' After Philippine Re-seeding
Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 18:28
in Earth & Climate
Re-seeding programs on over 50 reefs are securing the survival of the giant clam for at least another generation. The clams, the world's largest bivalve mollusks and the star of lurid but mostly imaginary literary and cinematic depictions of trapped divers, can live for over a century. They have been known to exceed 1.4 meters in length and weigh in at over 260 kilograms.