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Clams have a foot, muscles, and pearls inside of their shells

What's inside a clam? A retractable foot, a siphon for sucking up water, powerful muscles, and, sometimes, a pearl. And you thought oysters were fancy. Following is the transcript of the video.
The New York Times

AMERICAN PEARL FISHERIES GIVE OUT; Large Shipments of Clam Shells to Button Factories Ruin Chances of Big Finds -- Arkansas Specimens Better Than Oriental.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
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Couple finds pearl worth thousands of dollars in clam dinner at seafood restaurant

CAPE MAY, N.J. (KYW) – A couple celebrating a milestone anniversary at a seafood restaurant on the Jersey shore left with something extra special to remember the event. And it’s worth enough cash to ...
Labroots

Ever Wonder What Happens Inside a Clam's Shell?

Most people think of clams as a gooey blob inside of a two-piece shell, but there’s actually a lot more going on inside that shell that you might come to expect. While it’s true that a clam is rather ...
NBC DFW

Delaware Diner Discovers Rare Purple Pearl Inside His Clam

A Pennsylvania man made quite the discovery inside a clam served to him at a Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, restaurant: a purple pearl. Scott Overland of Phoenixville said he was dining with his wife and ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

Morgan State awarded $600K to advance clam aquaculture growth, address urban coastline resiliency

Researchers at Morgan State University’s Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL) were awarded more than $600,000 in funding through two grants from the Maryland Sea Grant (MDSG) ...