The Giant Clam
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| Term Paper Title | The Giant Clam |
| # of Words | 441 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 1.76 |
The Giant Clam
The giant clam is known as a reef dwelling
mollusk. The domestication factor has
become of large importance to the
Indo-Pacific peoples. Mainly in the area of their diet.
These huge clams
are huge targets for fishermen and can be found easily. With the crystal
water
complection of the reef waters they live in makes them even easier to be spotted
by
the fishermen an by poachers. The people of this region eat every part
of the flesh of the
animal. They either dry, cook, or eat them raw.
In
Taiwan there has been a large illeagal industry of selling these huge clams.
With
a demand of somewhere around 100 tons of the meat a year that is
worth around $7.50-
$21.25 a kilogram at the dockside of Taiwan. It is
being severely poached by foreigners
and the population of the giant clam
is decreasing. The reefs that they live on are also
being severely damaged
and destroyed in large amounts. The giant clam has been
eliminated from
the areas of Indonesia and the Phillippines. The species Tridacnid gigas
and
the Tridacnid derasa are the most heavily hunted species.
Tridacnid gigas
are the largest of the giant clams. They grow to around a meter in
length
and weigh around 300 kilograms. These particular clams are hermaphrodites
which
reach sexual maturity at
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