The giant cockle sea shell commonly found along Southwest Florida beaches but normally not alive like this one. The shell can reach up to 4-5 inches across. The shell is Heart-shaped/ovate, with 30-40 rounded radial ribs on each valve.  The shell is a creamy white/tan exterior with reddish-brown mottling…the interior is often pinkish. They live in shallow sandy substrates in the Gulf of Mexico. Found along SWFL shores. Like other cockles, it uses a muscular “foot” to burrow and to leap away f

We often times find large clam like shells on the beach, but what are they? Today we found a live Atlantic Cockle and tell you where they live, what they feed on, and give you an up close look at what they look like on the inside. Watch this episode of #Beachcombing to find out more! | Mission-Aransas Reserve

10K views · 38 reactions | #OnThisDay 1969: Cutting-edge cockle-harvesting crafts were causing commotion among conventional cockle-collectors. Chaos! | BBC Archive | Facebook

#OnThisDay 1969: Cutting-edge cockle-harvesting contraptions were a cause of considerable consternation among conventional cockle-collectors. | BBC Archive

On a roadtrip in Galicia, Spain, we stumble upon about 100 women in wetsuits in the bay of Muros y Noia harvesting “berberechos" or cockles. These mariscadoras aka fisherwomen have been harvesting cockles for generations and generations. The Galego people have many ways of cooking cockles, from eating them raw, to steaming them, to adding them to empanadas. To conserve the cockle population, the local government has enacted size limits and daily collection limits for the cockles. In autumn, the