It wasn’t empty! There were beautiful, bright blue mollusks—I’m not sure what they were called.
But when we were leaving, we bought a book at the airport titled "The Underwater World of the Red Sea" and discovered that they aren’t just harmless, cute little creatures after all!
Ha-ha, that’s a myth!!!!
The blue mollusks often seen on coral reefs in the Red Sea (for example, off the coast of Egypt) are giant clams (Tridacna).
• It is strictly advised not to touch them or try to make them close their shells by casting a shadow over them. The myth that a giant clam might "catch" a diver’s hand like a bear trap is an exaggeration—while their muscles are indeed powerful, a sudden, lethal grip is highly unlikely. Still, it’s best to keep your hands to yourself to protect both the fragile reef and the mollusk itself.
So, that was just made up to keep people from bothering the poor things! And here I’ve spent all these years thinking they were "hand-eaters"!
It wasn’t empty! There were beautiful, bright blue mollusks—I’m not sure what they were called.
But when we were leaving, we bought a book at the airport titled "The Underwater World of the Red Sea" and discovered that they aren’t just harmless, cute little creatures after all!
Ha-ha, that’s a myth!!!!
The blue mollusks often seen on coral reefs in the Red Sea (for example, off the coast of Egypt) are giant clams (Tridacna).
• It is strictly advised not to touch them or try to make them close their shells by casting a shadow over them. The myth that a giant clam might "catch" a diver’s hand like a bear trap is an exaggeration—while their muscles are indeed powerful, a sudden, lethal grip is highly unlikely. Still, it’s best to keep your hands to yourself to protect both the fragile reef and the mollusk itself.
So, that was just made up to keep people from bothering the poor things! And here I’ve spent all these years thinking they were "hand-eaters"!
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Beautiful creatures. Thanks for sharing.
Now I wonder if they also create pearls. What a beautiful creatures they are.
P. S. perhaps the one who spread the word seriously believed it or indeed wanted to protect those Beautiful Creatures or the pearls?
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