Close and intimate with ..... a clam

Random visit
(some edition done)
Close up of clam on next pic.
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"At 1pm on Sunday the 11th of November, the biggest Walk Against Warming ever!!

Find your closest walk and GetUp! marchers here:

www.getup.org.au/campaign/WalkAgainstWarming

But before you head out the door, arm yourself with the answers. To help, GetUp is excited to bring you The Big Switch: a collaborative new online campaign designed to assist you in taking practical, personal and political action to fight climate change.

It's got more resources than you can fit on a melting glacier. Search by postcode to find out what your local member is, or isn't, doing. Learn even more about global warming and its potential solutions, without the spin. See where the party policies really differ, and access a step-by-step guide for reducing your own emissions."

www.thebigswitch.org.auMeetings:
Melbourne:
Federation Square at the entrance to the Ian Potter gallery at 12:30pm.
Sydney:
Meet in the Domain out the back of NSW Parliament House at 12:30pm.
Brisbane:
Queen St Mall outside the Treasury Casino at 12:30pm.
Perth:
Fremantle Esplanade Park at 1pm.
Canberra:
City walk at 1pm.
Other places: check the link above!!
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Whitsunday Islands National Park

Un peu d'info en Fr. sur les Tridacne géant ou bénitier géant (Tridacna gigas)

En italiano

Excellent link with lots of clear information and superb underwater pictures: Giant Clams of the Great Barrier Reef
From Giant clam in Wikipedia: “The giant clam (Tridacna gigas) or traditionally, pa’ua, is the largest living bivalve mollusc. One of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian oceans, they can weigh more than 227 kilograms (500 pounds) and measure as much as 1.2 metres (4 feet) across, and have an average lifespan in the wild of 100 years or more.
Sessile in adulthood, the creature's mantle tissues act as a habitat for the symbiotic single-celled dinoflagellate algae (zooxanthellae) from which it gets its nutrition. By day, the clam spreads out its mantle tissue so that the algae receive the sunlight they need to photosynthesize.”