Ole Blue Eyes

A big blue eyed smile. Atalantic Bay Scallops from the Gulf of Mexico.
Sorry the picture's so hazy. These are in a bucket of salt water on a rainy day.

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Oh, Stacey, you don't need to apologise for that - it's a great shot! I love it.

Thanks Phi! So many people have never seen this side of a scallop! LOL!!

And I'm one of them! Are those blue things really eyes? How wild!

LOL Wingnut, yes those are eyes, altho their vision is not good, they see mostly shapes to aid in escaping predators such as starfish (and hungry humans)

WOW! That's so wild!! I never knew they had that many. LOLOL!

They're fabulous aren't they. And i the title's great too - doesn't say how many after all LOL

I never knew they possessed so many peepers, either!

They look so neat - all those blue eyes, and those grassy looking things in their mouth. Very cool animal!

So what is the part we eat? The muscle that closes the shell?

We eat the muscle that opens and closes the shell.
GL- I'm not sure if that fringe is just filtration or a line of warning if something big brushes against it the scallop slams closed or flees. I remember having a little scallop in our salt water tank when we were little. We were fascinated by the blue eyes! Growing up on the beach back then we could just collect our own critters.

That is so wild! Thanks, Floridian.

WOW lots blue eyes so pretty very intresting to know about this and love eat scallop so good.

Wonderful photo, Floridian. Are these scallops tasty? We have scallops up here in Alaska, but the size and amount has decreased greatly over the years. We only have them as an occasional treat these days. This is the first time I've seen a live one!

Thanks Weez, These are the scallops they serve as 'bay scallops'. (IMHO)They are smaller with a more delicate flavor than the big 'sea scallops'. The best part is snorkeling to collect them!

Glad to hear that snorkling for scallops is allowed again in the Gulf...they were in such a decline that the season was closed for a long time in Citrus county....but did hear that it was open again. Good picture. Jo