Lucky Woman Finds Dozens of Pearls in Giant Clam

If you’ve ever tried to open a clam, or even an oyster, you know how difficult it can be to pry it open before cooking. However, this lady works hard to open one giant clam, and inside she finds a surprise.

Using a butcher knife when she can’t get the blasted thing open, this woman shimmies the clam open after some struggle. However, her effort has more than paid off when finally opens it to find a hidden trove of pearls inside.

Clams and oysters are different species of the same family. You can tell this is a clam because it has a smooth outer shell, unlike the oyster that has a very rough shell.

While oysters are well-known for producing pearls, which are hard gems created from pressure inside the mollusks, clams also produce pearls. This woman probably thought she was just opening a giant clam to cook for dinner when she finds over a dozen iridescent pearls inside.

There’s no defining information on the video, from when it was exactly taken or where this was filmed. It’s possible that she found it at a pearl farm or maybe she just pulled it from the sea herself.

Either way, this is an incredible show of how powerful and beautiful nature is.