{"id":7571,"date":"2010-10-15T21:20:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T02:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=7571"},"modified":"2010-11-14T13:38:16","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T18:38:16","slug":"thousands-of-depredated-surf-clams-wash-ashore-on-scusset-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=7571","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Depredated Surf Clams Wash Ashore on Scusset Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-007-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7575\" title=\"asurf clams 007 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-007-480.jpg\" alt=\"asurf clams 007 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-007-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-007-480-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Depredated Surf Clam on Scusset Beach<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Gusty winds\u00c2\u00a0from an early season nor&#8217;easter swooped down on Cape Cod Bay from the North Atlantic today.\u00c2\u00a0 Turtle Journal patrolled north facing beaches from Scusset in Bourne, on the west side of the canal, to Sandy Neck in Barnstable to see if any critters had been driven ashore and were\u00c2\u00a0in need\u00c2\u00a0of rescue.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-002-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7582\" title=\"asurf clams 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"asurf clams 001 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-001-480-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Thousands of Surf Clams Litter the Wrack Line<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">We reached Scusset Beach around two in the afternoon at mid tide rising.\u00c2\u00a0 As we walked the shore we spotted thousands, probably tens of thousands, of small surf clam shells\u00c2\u00a0massed along the leading edge of the incoming surf for about a quarter mile of beach.\u00c2\u00a0 These small clams ranged in length from approximately 15 mm to 60 mm, with the greatest number of clams about 30 mm long.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-004-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7578\" title=\"asurf clams 004 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"asurf clams 004 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-004-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-004-480-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Depredated Surf Clams by the Thousands<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Closer examination revealed that nearly every clam had been depredated with a neatly drilled hole penetrating to the soft animal inside the shell.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-006-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7576\" title=\"asurf clams 006 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-006-480.jpg\" alt=\"asurf clams 006 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-006-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-006-480-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Drill Holes Clearly Visible in Depredated Surf Clams<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">We found no likely suspect predators mixed with the shells during our search of the Scusset shoreline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-009-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7573\" title=\"asurf clams 009 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-009-480.jpg\" alt=\"asurf clams 009 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-009-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/asurf-clams-009-480-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Caption<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">To provide a visceral sense of sizing, we placed a nickel on a pile of the surf clam shells and snapped the picture above.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0On leaving the beach,\u00c2\u00a0we\u00c2\u00a0observed thousands of surf clam shells along the morning&#8217;s high tide line, partially covered in wind blown beach sand.<\/p>\n<p><script 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