A large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds.
1 I estimated the weight of this giant clam at 300 kilograms.
2 Our visit to this opulent giant clam came to an end.
3 By leaving the pearl buried beneath the giant clam 's mantle, he allowed it to grow imperceptibly.
4 The sky opens like a giant clam , the light soft and pink, although the air is still night-bitten cold.
5 LIKE A giant clam shell lying on a sandy beach, Nasa presents a memorable photograph of the Victoria crater.
6 It takes a team of four horses to force the giant clam of the South Seas to yawn against its will.
7 In the middle of the lounge, a jet of water, electrically lit, fell back into a basin made from a single giant clam .
8 Slideshow (5 images) For example, Robin was once nearly swallowed alive by a giant clam in an episode with the Joker.
9 Red and white striped fish darted around fields of blue-green coral and blue-lipped giant clams .
10 The lagoon also supports an abundance of giant clams (Tridacna maxima).
11 The giant clams have stopped being plants, spreading out their mantles with algae in the sunlight, and are gently filtering too.
12 The same tribunal accused the Chinese of destructive fishing methods, destroying the habitat of giant clams and vital coral reef spawning grounds.
13 I float over forests of staghorn coral, see Maori wrasse, giant clams , countless Nemos and a stingray the size of a Volkswagen Beetle.
14 Great fish shot past them with malevolent eyes, and the vises of giant clams shut swiftly in attempts to trap their moving limbs.
15 On Tuesday, a Philippine Navy team inspected the Chinese fishing boats and found illegally collected coral, giant clams and live sharks in one vessel.
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