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How a squishy clam conquers a rock

It turns out that this mollusk’s boring organ is anything but

a giant clam

JUST THE FRILLS  Showy blue and green frills are the only visible parts of a kind of giant clam that traps itself for life inside the rocky mass of a reef by a process that’s been misunderstood for decades.

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By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Burrowing giant clams have perfected the ship-in-a-bottle trick, and the one big thing that scientists convinced themselves couldn’t explain it, actually can.