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Harvest Giant Clam - Tridacna gigas - Fishermen Harvest Millions of Giant Clams This Way Have you ever seen these giant giant clams? At first glance, they look very much like coral reefs on the seabed, but in fact these are giant giant clams that can reach a weight of up to 500kg. So are these giant clams considered seafood or not and how do people harvest them? We invite you to explore with us in today's video. Giant clams, true to their name, we can easily recognize them by their very large size, can be up to 1.3 meters long, with an average weight of more than 250kg. They are slow-growing, long-lived creatures and the world's largest living bivalve. They are found in tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Tropical rock lobsters, or pearl lobsters, as they're better known, are one of the rarest and most expensive lobster varieties. The colorful crustaceans are so valuable that there have been international smuggling attempts of its larvae. Commercially bred pearl lobsters sell for about $50 per kilogram, while wild-caught pearl lobsters sell for $99 per kilogram. This makes pearl lobsters more than six times as expensive as Maine lobsters. So, what makes pearl lobsters so special? And why are they so expensive?

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