What's inside a clam? A retractable foot, a siphon for sucking up water, powerful muscles, and, sometimes, a pearl. And you thought oysters were fancy. Following is the transcript of the video.

The clam that it came from is a northern quahog called Mercenaria mercenaria, and it usually produces porcelain-like pearls according to the Gemological Institute of America. Only one in 5,000 ...

Pearls are the result of a mollusc's reaction to irritants ... These translucent animals are known to swim inside clams and oysters to hide from predators. However, for the individual that concealed ...

The purplish shells of quahogs, treasured in the past by Native Americans, now appear alongside gold, mother-of-pearl and ...

(IDEX Online) - The world's largest pearl - weighing 27.65kg and valued at $98m is currently being displayed at a secret ...

The Giga Pearl is listed in the Guinness World Record at 27.65 kilograms and 138,254 carats. It is on display until 18 March ...

Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. The oyster or mussel slowly ...

Abraham Reyes, who lives in Toronto, owns the pearl, which was passed to him in 2019 as a family heirloom from his great aunt, who was gifted the giant clam containing the pearl by Reyes's ...