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Electric disco clams will flash their predators to confuse them

Updated on May 15, 2024June 2, 2023

Also called the electric-flame scallop and electric clam, disco clams are actually reflecting back sunlight via silica in their soft tissues.  This creates a strobing flash very much like the mirrors of a disco ball.  Or maybe its because they like to party…

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