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	Geoducks are Strange

Kelika

8-30-2008 11:05 PM

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8-31-2008 11:54 AM

wiganfootie

Very Strange but interesting

9-1-2008 6:23 PM

Imnclady

That is another thing I will never see in my life, let alone eat it..yukkkk

9-6-2008 6:17 PM

silvanaraihane

I can just hear the comments about this one!!

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In fact, they seem alien enough to be "from Mars" and, for all I know, possess a malign intelligence. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/geoducks-are-strange.html"><DIV>They are found mostly around Pacific Coast of the US and Canada, and in Japan they seem to serve as inspiration for "manga" of certain tentacled variety. A good info <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoduck" linkindex="223">page</A> is definitely in order to get the facts straight, but nothing can prepare you for the shock of seeing them for the first time: </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/geoducks-are-strange.html"><DIV>Modern biologists easily classify it as large saltwater clam, a bivalve mollusk with a huge "neck", or a "siphon". How huge, you'll ask? 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