Giant Clam facts: an algae filled blue kiss | Animal Fact Files

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the biggest bivalves living today. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: Krzysztof Lewinski - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNgbx1a1Xkg Manu M. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbuzvqExT8A LOVEDEATH HA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suEAgb56yp8 Credits via Flickr: Derek Keats - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/6329682952 Benard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/6059116842; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/6058446919 Credits via Wiki Users: WolfmanSF - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CAS_Steinhart_Aquarium_giant_clams_(Tridacna_spp.).jpg Swati Sidhu - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_clam_Andamans1.jpg James Heilman, MD - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GiantClam1.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GiantClam3.JPG Wadco2 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B03.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B02.JPG Frederic Ducarme - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tridacna_crocea_Voavah.JPG Nhobgood Nick Hobgood - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tridacna_crocea.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_clam_komodo.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tridacna_squamosa_(Giant_clam)_Timor.jpg RevolverOcelot - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MaximaClam.jpg Christoph Specjalski - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2_Tridacna_gigas.jpg Ahmed Abdul Rahman - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tridacna_maxima_Thiladhoo.JPG AshenKeen - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tridacna_-_Kopie.jpg Matthias Kleine - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riesenmuschel.jpg Other attributions: Sean Dollins - https://vimeo.com/127880135 MsPogge - https://freesound.org/people/MsPogge/sounds/83030/ Websites used for research collection: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/giant-clam-tridacna-spp http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382150 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205218 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205753 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/the-glowing-secrets-of-giant-clams/568774/ https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/spring-2015-labnotes-conservation-concerns-tridacna-shell-imitation-pearls https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10508539 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322486498_Giant_clams_Bivalvia_Cardiidae_Tridacninae_A_comprehensive_update_of_species_and_their_distribution_current_threats_and_conservation_status https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-018-0858-9 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-014-2545-0 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/156/3774/516 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/g/giant-clam/ https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.2307/1540800 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/002209819290030E https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s002270050507 https://www.livescience.com/53467-iridescent-clams-inspire-smartphone-screens.html http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/articles/why-do-tridacnids-look-the-way-they-look.htm https://meilin5giantclam.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/the-smallest-giant-clam-is-really-boring/ *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles

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