Marine Living

You may have eaten a scallop, but do you know exactly what you were eating? You also may have found a brightly-colored scallop shell on the beach.   Here you can learn more about this popular seafood - where scallops live, how big they get and how they feed and reproduce.

Unlike other bivalves like mussels and clams, most scallops are free-swimming. They swim by clapping their shells quickly, which moves a jet of water past the shell hinge, propelling the scallop forward. Click here to see a video of a swimming scallop.

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