Why are clams so happy?
Well, here are some more reasons why clams have reason to be happy: Millions of eggs produced by a female clam each year: 1.6 to 6.3 Gallons of water a single clam filters in an hour: 1 Life span of a hard clam, in years: 30 Number of spawner-clam sanctuaries established: 50 Approximate number of clams found in a 2008 survey: 320 million Percent increase in baby clams on Nature Conservancy property since restoration began: 4,000 Bushels of clams commercially harvested in NY bay in 1976: 700,465 Bushels of clams commercially harvested in 2007: 5,834 CLAM POWER!