As much as I hate to continue with the postings while the OUTRAGEOUS ATTACKS against me on Youtube remain unanswered (see below) I understand that my duty is to my loyal viewership. Hats off to Dano, who has taken our adversary to task!This, my friends, is a Bay Scallop I met, and later ate, while sailing the waters of off the Cape of Massachusetts. It is smaller than its cousin, the Sea Scallop who we will meet (and devour) later in the month. Scallops are unique among Bivalve Mollusks in that they can quickly move across the ocean floor. They do this by rapidly opening and closing their shells, pushing water out of their bodies to propel themselves. "How do they know when a predator is approaching?" you may ask. The answer: THEY HAVE EYES. It is unknown exactly how much these creatures can see through the blue eyeballs that line their flesh, but they can distinguish approaching danger and make their escape (except from us because we were to fast for them.)
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bangin' pics bro. That's nuts how dem clams zip around like dat. Really. And eyes? That's evolution. Delicious evolution. I want to study their sight. I wonder if you could make them fly? I'd like to have a tank of those things. It would probably creep me out knowing that they're always starring at me wondering when I'm gunna eat 'em. Beautiful.
Indeed Yo,
You raise an important point. It seems to me that many of our sea-faring friends (crabs and lobsters, for example) meet a similar fate. Namely that of watching us as we prepared to cook them. It is a tragic beauty.
This blog perfectly captures the tragic beauty of my days and nights as a fisherperson on mighty Cape Cod. Hats of to this delicious sojurner's song.
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