There are ducks, and then there are GEODUCKS.. (anyone ever tasted one?)

[SoCalDem]

These things look really NASTY..But people cannot stop posing with them :)







Young guys love 'em.................................old guys love 'em


Some guys catch the BIG ONES...........Schools use them as mascot


Old timey ladies loved them too......................military types like 'em


Always the joker (wouldn't brag on that one, dude)


Twin geoducks?...................muscle-bound guys are into geoducks too


Secessionists are all ready with their stamp


Apparently they USED to be really big


Aaaw....His and hers..a matched set

[Omphaloskepsis]

1. *jaw drops*

I would love to comment, but, I'm stuck in WTF mode.

[SoCalDem]

2. Apparently these things don;t give up easily

There's an underwater video..(looks for it) where these things put up a fight ...(for a clam)

It's kind of sad really.. I bet they don;t even taste good, but people keep "harvesting them".. a Trophy clam.. who-da-thunk-it :shrug:

[SoCalDem]

3. some video of the capture

http://www.bottomfeeders.ca/media/How_To_Catch_a_Geoduck.mpe



and a slightly humorous video
http://video.download.com/3800-11264_53-6530.html?tag=vdl_prefs_watch_tmp

[LostinVA]

4. I've seen them on (the real) Iron Chef, and all I have to say is

They scare me...

:scared:

[SoCalDem]

5. The one in the wheelbarrow would have had me running the other way

I wonder how many people were involved pulling that thing out of the mud..

they are fascinating creatures.. they can live out of the water for quite a while..

[Fox Mulder]

6. Are those some sort of clam?

I've never heard of them before! They creep me out! :scared:

[SoCalDem]

12. apparently they are a delicacy in Japan..

I would never eat one though.. Anything that grows to that size should be allowed to live free:)

[RebelOne]

7. Here are some interesting facts on this strange creature.

http://www.olywa.net/cook/faq.htm

[In_The_Wind]

8. Try one steamed and dipped in drawn butter.

yummy

[SoCalDem]

9. Better be HUNGRY..

Those things are enormous

[In_The_Wind]

10. I ate their smaller cousins called quahogs.

http://www.ocean.udel.edu/mas/seafood/softclam.html

http://www.mariner.org/chesapeakebay/waterman/wat012.html
The soft clam is one the most common varieties harvested in the Chesapeake Bay. This clam can grow to five inches across but the legal harvest limit is two inches across. The shell is soft and can be crushed with your fingers. The clams live in mud or sand and they are exposed in low tides. They are found from Labrador to North Carolina and are called by different names including "piss-clam," "long-neck clam," "steamer," "Ispwich clam," and "belly clam."
The hard clam is another common clam on the East Coast of the United States. This clam can grow up to seven inches across. Hard clams range from Maine to South Carolina in the intertidal zone. The hard clam is also known as the "quahog."

[graywarrior]

11. Gulp

[EstimatedProphet]

13. Never had them but I've heard they're supposed to be really good