Help This Man Save A Nearly Extinct Species By Eating It

Spread a couple clams: www.patreon.com/rareearth ko-fi.com/rareearth (For those asking, his contact info is in the description)

It may sound odd to many, but making an endangered or rare species viable often means marketing them in some way. Whether making them the cute poster child for endangered species like pandas or finding some market for them. There is a sturgeon farm down in Yorkshire, England which produces the worlds first sustainable caviar. They don't kill the fish to harvest the eggs & are also breeding rare types of sturgeon. After a certain amount of harvesting the sturgeon get to "retire" to various lakes around Europe where they can help build stocks in the wild. It's an amazing set up & its helping ease pressures on sturgeon which are the most critically endangered group on the IUCU Red list.

For whom the shell atolls I hope this business becomes very successful!

I've been in the marine aquarium industry before, and the main issue with giant clams is finding good suppliers who don't just poach wild clams and sell them as aquacultured, and then finding those that grow out their clams beyond measly fragile 3 cm juveniles, and then finding someone professional enough to get you a good flight connection from their tiny island at the end of the world, and then being able to get all necessary documentation like CITES and veterinary health certificates (for example, I once had a deal fall through because apparently, there are no veterinarians with the necessary certification on the Cocos Islands, at all), and who is willing to sell to you without involving his nepotistic nephew as an intermediary importer. There certainly is a market for these as live animals, not only for their meat or shells, the main issue really is availability. Coloring on them is amazing and super interesting, too, because it's a structural color where physical interference causes the color instead of pigments.

This video had no right making me smile as much as it did. Thank you!

Seriously there's no one else who makes content like you do. Great video! Keep up the good work!

you're single handedly putting Micronesia back on the map where it belongs, and it's amazing. I wish I knew what you're teaching us all along, but learning it here is a blessing nonetheless

Loving this Micronesia series it’s making me want to actually go there

I know a little restaurant chain here in Seattle that might be interested in a partnership. They're called Ivar's. You might've heard of them. Their founder would no doubt see this as a golden opportunity, were he still around. Hopefully, his spirit lives on in their current management. #keepclam

Him kissing that giant clam right before he put it back in the pond was really cute.

Chinese seafood restaurants will 100% get on board with serving this. The high-end ones already serve geoduck and abalone, so this shouldn't be any different.

These clams are absolutely beautiful in person. I have seen ones about the size of hay bales in the Pacific, you absolutely would not want to mess with them and trap your hand etc. The colouring is amazingly beautiful too, iridescent/fluorescent blues and coloured flecks. They have a vibe that is super chill, graceful creatures. I didn't realise they were so rare, I have seen them in the 90s and 00s in various pacific Islands.

Willing to bet that Hudson House in Nyack, NY would probably love this. Next time I'm up there I'm gonna mention it to the owner, who not only is there every night, but loves new things and joins in working in the kitchen. There are also a lot of New York restaurants in general who would go nuts for this, especially in Brooklyn.

When will people realize that once an animal becomes profitable and farming is possible, the species extinction chance drops significantly.

I keep loving these stories of people finding their niche in life and thriving. Gives me hope for my future. Its even more cool in this scenario on Micronesia.

I was blown away when I first saw a wild giant clam, and they still take my breath away 45 years later. Amazing animals.

Hi guys, a lot of you here are subscribers of Tasting History with Max Miller right? He is a personal friend of Dr. Ken Albala, foodie extraordinaire. I'm sure he would be delighted to champion this exotic rarity. How about we tsunami Max with this video until he acquiesces to speak about it to Dr. Albala? 😇

5:00 absolutely nuts how much force it pushes of air out. Not exactly the kind of clam you see in everyday life for sure.

I am so happy now when after some many months, we start getting these videos again! As always, beautiful, poetic and thought provoking!

The clam man, a hero we didn't ask for but one we most certainly need, I'm no micro-biologist but helping to revive a species of filter feeders like these clams can only do good for the Ocean, bravo