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  • Nº19 # Date: 1997-02-05 - 11:20
  • # Max Depth: 15m Duration: 18mins
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Our 5th and final dive for our SSI AOW course was at Hastings reef where Mark showed us coral and fish. I remember him putting his hand into a giant clam, which then closed up on his hand. He made struggling motions, Penny and I started to freak out, then he slipped his hand free and laughed.

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  • Dive type : Training, Reef, SSI AOW, Naturalist
  • Water: Salt
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Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Giant clam) Adult giant clams are completely sessile, unable to move from their position on the coral reef. They reproduce by expelling sperm and eggs into the sea , where fertilization occurs. The fertilised eggs quickly enter a swi...
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