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2026-05-07 12:02 UTC
@dantheclamman This made me look who is the fastest clam. Found this:"Depending on the species, these clams may not need to move much. Razor clams, however, are incredible diggers and, as a result, are one of the fastest mobile bivalves"
https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2021/02/26/meet-pacific-razor-clam/
No idea how trust worthy is that site, but yeah pretty cool clam
But that is digging I think, what about swimming?
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@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz 2026-05-08 01:32
@Alejandro_P@mathstodon.xyz yes, for swimming, the winner would probably be the Atlantic scallop, Plactopecten magellanicus, observed to swim >100 cm/s (3.7 km/hr)! but peak velocities of different scallop species aren't well studied! #clamFacts https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/abs/in-situ-swimming-characteristics-of-the-sea-scallop-placopecten-magellanicus-on-german-bank-gulf-of-maine/BFDBF8CA247E09EEA9F9A776BBEA5757