As the New Statesman — and a handful of TDW readers — explain: “You are watching the execution by torture of an animal which may be almost two centuries old.”
What appears to be the “tongue” of the clam is actually its ”foot,” and it is attempting to make an escape in search of water:
http://thedailywh.at/2012/07/10/afternoon-snack-229/
As the New Statesman — and a handful of TDW readers — explain: “You are watching the execution by torture of an animal which may be almost two centuries old.”
What appears to be the “tongue” of the clam is actually its ”foot,” and it is attempting to make an escape in search of water:
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