Assertion: giant clam's adductor muscle | /r/CapableOf | close the shell
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text: No account of a human death by giant clam has ever been substantiated, and scientists say its adductor muscles, used to close the shell, move far too slowly to take a swimmer by surprise.
text: And yes, they are edible; the Chinese even consider the adductor muscle, which opens and closes the shells, to be an aphrodisiac.
text: These same adductor muscles that open and close the shell are considered a delicacy.
text: The reality is that although the adductor muscles used to close the shell are very powerful, they move far too slowly to take anyone by surprise, which makes the idea of a diver or swimmer being inadvertently caught by this animal pretty surreal.