Following the explosion of the elephant clam, many people, especially the little girl, will feel red in the face and embarrassed when they mention this sea creature again. This is all because of the strange shape of the elephant pulling mussel! Are you shy when you see such an elephant pulling a clam?
The origin of the name of the elephant mussel is also because of his shape, experts believe that its shape is very similar to the nose of the elephant, so they named it elephant mussel! But that's just the idea of experts, in the eyes of everyone, its shape is more like a male little Tintin.
Elephant mussels
But did you know? Such a straight and masculine creature is called "elegant goddess clam". Elephant clams belong to the genus Of the submerged mud clams, the Latin word "Panopea" of the genus submerged mud clams is derived from ancient Greek mythology, she is the daughter of the Greek gods Thespius and Megamede, so the genus of submerged clams is also known as the genus of goddess clams, and the Pacific mud clams also have a wonderful Chinese name: "elegant goddess clams".
But its shape and its name are really completely incompatible!
Although the shape of the elephant mussel is very dirty, its nutritional value is very high, suitable for people with symptoms such as emaciation, low immunity, memory loss, anemia and edema. Especially for pregnant women who need iron supplementation during pregnancy, it is a very good food!
However, even if the nutritional value is high, it is inevitable that people will want to be crooked, even if the name is good, it can't add points to it!
Seeing such an elephant pulling a mussel, do you have the courage to eat it?