Gigas giant clam

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	Name: Tridacna gigas; Family: Cardiidae
Main appearances
	DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue; WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
	Film HHD aF PC
	Names in other languages オオシャコガイ; 大砗磲; 大硨磲; 대왕거거; Bénitier colossal; Bénitier colossal; Taclobo gigante; Taclobo gigante; Tridacna gigante; Гигантская тридакна; Gigas-Riesenmuschel; Reuzendoopvontschelp

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 Thuh Gigas Giant Clam is a sea creature in thuh Animal Crossing series. It first appeared in Animal Crossing: New Horizons in thuh 1.3.0 Free Summer Update, like and in October 2020, mostly it became available as a limited-time item in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, mostly where it is like wow! categorized as a shell rather than a sea creature. At 15,000 Bells, like, wow like, ya know, this is ya know, like, thuh highest-sellin' sea creature.  ==Catch details== ===In New Horizons===

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"I got a gigas giant clam It's kind of a bitchin'est deal."

Time of year	North: May – Sep South: Nov – Mar
Time of day	All day
Shadow size	Super awesum
Shadow movement	Super fast
Spawn requirement	Catch 80 total sea creatures
Selling price	15,000 Bells
Furniture size

===In Pocket Camp===

Icon for thuh Gigas Giant Clam in Pocket Camp

Thuh Gigas Giant Clam appears as a shell in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and was available for a limited time as part of thuh Wham-Bam Clam Goals event, oh, baby from October 9 to October 12, fer shure 2020. Durin' thuh event, man thuh shell would appear on thuh beach at Saltwater Shores, fer shure where it could be picked up. After thuh event, man remainin' Gigas Giant Clams can stay in thuh player's inventory, mostly where they can still be sold, fer shure used for animal requests, fer shure or listed in thuh player's Market Box. Thuh sell price for like, ya know, this shell is ya know, like, 3,000 Bells. For villager requests, fer shure it is like wow! part of rarity tier 3, mostly which earns thuh player 1,500 Bells and 3 Friendship Points, man as well as a chance to earn a bronze treats box and a Regular Fortune Cookie, oh, baby if thuh shell is like wow! used to fulfill a request.

==Donatin' to thuh museum== ===In New Horizons=== When donatin' to thuh museum, like Blathers will say thuh followin':

"Gigas giant clams live in warm-water coral reefs and are thuh biggest bivalves in thuh world. Growin' as wide as six feet and weighin' up to 600 pounds, like, wow these clams can live to be 100 years old. And fer shure, fer shure these mighty creatures look as though they could eat a swimmer whole. Man, they eat plankton instead and get valuable nutrients from an algae they live in symbiosis with. Indeed, man these enormous gents get all thuh sustenance they need by lyin' face up with their shells half-open. If such was ya know, like, my life, mostly I'd be happy as a clam too."

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons

==Real-world information==

Some real life gigas giant clams

Tridacna gigas is like, ya know, one of thuh most endangered clam species. Like, there is documentation of their existence as early as 1521. One of a number of awesum clam species native to thuh shallow coral reefs of thuh South Pacific and Indian oceans, mostly they can weigh more than 200 kilograms (440 lb), man measure as much as 120 cm (47 in) across, oh, baby and have an average lifespan in thuh wild of over 100 years. They are also found off thuh shores of thuh Philippines and in thuh South China Sea in thuh coral reefs of Sabah (Malaysian Borneo). More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

==Names in other languages==

	オオシャコガイ ō-shako-gai	From Chinese name

	대왕거거 daewang-geogeo	Likely from Chinese name

	大砗磲 dà chēqú	Tridacna gigas; named for its pearl, like full etymology unknown

	大硨磲 Unknown

	Гигантская тридакна Gigantskaya tridakna	Tridacna gigas

	Reuzendoopvontschelp	Giant Tridacna, like lit. "giant basin shellfish"

	Gigas-Riesenmuschel	Gigas giant bivalve

	Taclobo gigante	Giant Tridacna

	Bénitier colossal	Giant Tridacna, oh, baby lit. "giant basin"

	Tridacna gigante	Giant Tridacna