giant clam

1 From colorful giant clams to barnacles, there’s no shortage of creatures that have taken inspiration from plants and simply stopped moving.

2 Lunch is a steady stream of traditional tapas, including pil pil prawn croquettes and giant clams, followed by a digestif of sweet, dark Málaga Virgen wine.

3 Guests aboard Four Seasons Explorer can make good use of the PADI 5-Star Dive Centre while visiting such sites as Helmet Wreck, a World War II wreck; Clam City, home to 250-pound giant clams; and Peleliu Wall.

4 But even these hellish habitats are crawling with life, ranging from giant clams and ravenous crabs to spindly octopuses and ghostly eelpout fish.

5 The coral reef that frames the island brims with tropical fish, manta rays, giant clams, and sharks.

6 Like all clams, the giant clam, Tridacna gigas, pumps in water through a siphon, and transports it to the gills through the beating motion of short, hair-like cilia.

7 An environmental impact report on upcoming missile tests has bad news for Kwajalein’s giant clam community.

8 One of her favorite spots is the Aloe Garden’s Abalone Pond, with its two cascading fountains of giant clam shells.

1 数种

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