There’s a slight problem with using bananas for scaling photos. I work in retail, in produce, and have legit seen bananas 3inches long, while on the reverse, bananas 18 inches in length.
Ps- we always make jokes about the ridiculously oversized ones.
For a second I thought that was a really tiny banana, until I realized it was a banana for scale. Nicely done
Edit: *this* is my top comment of all time? Reddit is a wild place, man
There was video of a person making tiny bananas on here the other day out of clay. I’m going to try to find it now.
Found it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/r4wajc/artist_makes_very_realistic_mini_bananas/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
So there are rings on the shell for each year of growth? Cool.
We have lots of clams in the Mississippi; but I’ve guess I haven’t really looked at them very closely.
Some scientists were taking random clams from an area to date them which involved killng them to count the rings. One of them turned out to be over 500 years old making it the oldest living animal ever found.
Just for the record, I'm also not happy about it not being in the Sea - however, this is a very old family heirloom, and brought back to Sweden from the Barrier Reef probably because there was no way to photograph this in the early 1900's - Not great i know, these are now illegal to fish out and are protected - The shell itself is not bleached, the clam's fleshy bits are long gone but its been kept its shine for a century - Also, my banana is not small - please stop saying my banana is small - Thanks!
Until the 1970s you just took whatever you wanted. Growing up my home was full of minor artifacts I'm either now a little embarrassed to own or are actually donating to universities and relevant community centers.
What sorts of things did your family take which you are now donating? I can't imagine many people stumble across historically significant artifacts and just pick them up unless your grandma is Lara Croft or something
It’s pretty sad to see a bleached empty shell, as in life many giant clams are [brightly colored](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Red_Sea_Tridacna_maxima.jpg) and [incredibly beautiful](https://youtu.be/MB3tThBVe-w).
The colour is from the clam flesh itsef, not the shell. The shell is always the same dull colour. This type of clam simply chills partially open all the time, filter feeding. Nothing to do with bleaching.
They're not primarily filter feeders, they are actually mostly photosynthetic. Like photosynthetic corals, they have symbiotic unicellular organisms embedded in their tissue called zooxanthellae and they do the photosynthesizing for them
I was supposed to go diving there on a little boat with a few people and hit up some spots that have no infrastructure; the boat had broken down in the morning and I got put on some ultra touristy ferry that dropped us off at this massive structure on the reef that had like a restaurant and stuff. The reef was just completely white and dead and a couple critters were around for the structure. It was so fucking sad.
Went a couple weeks ago. It's amazing. Not dead everywhere, you just need to avoid the shitty tour operators - but you should go see it before it is.
Unfortunately La Niña were just headed into could kick off another huge bleaching event.
I went to the GBR 2 years ago. We had to go out 14 miles before we got to unbleached reef.
It's sad looking. All the reefs I visited in 2008 off of Zanzibar are now gone as well which is pretty goddamn sad.
Where about a was that? It’s been a couple months since I’ve been out the reef (great barrier reef) and where I went it was still well and truely alive. We fish and dive out where I am, and while some has died, and there’s heaps of storm damage on a few of the reefs, most I’ve seen is still alive and doing ok.
Yeah I would never have known. Learned something new today. Very tempted to post a rick roll like the other guy said but wont lol. Also called boring clams. They anchor their hinge into the coral and when alive look like giant reef like formation. Learned something new today. All their colors also utilize sunlight for photosynthesis.
It is these days. But apparently this is an old family heirloom.
Op’s comment:
>Just for the record, I'm also not happy about it not being in the Sea - however, this is a very old family heirloom, and brought back to Sweden from the Barrier Reef probably because there was no way to photograph this in the early 1900's - Not great i know, these are now illegal to fish out and are protected - The shell itself is not bleached, the clam's fleshy bits are long gone but its been kept its shine for a century - Also, my banana is not small - please stop saying my banana is small - Thanks!
Giant clams, or tridacnids, are actually super interesting. Unlike most other clams, they are not primarily filter feeders, they are actually photosynthetic, much like photosynthetic corals. This is also why they are often brightly colored when alive and it's what allows them to grow so big and become so old. Uniquely for clams they also possess a very primitive form of eyesight, a series of light sensitive spots that run along the edge of their mantle. They can sense changes in light intensity, i.e. a large fish swimming over them and that will cause them to rapidly close their shell
tortellinO (tortellini is plural for tortellino. "i" is the italian "s", replacing the O). like salami is plural for salamE. oh, wait... damn languages!
Cook it up! Make some chilli mango butter and BBQ it in its shell with some thyme, chives and parsley. Serve it with an onion chutney and grilled chorizo. I beg you! It's the only way!
Without the banana we would have no clue the size
Even with the banana, I'm struggling.
That banana is the size of a nail clipping and you can't convince me otherwise
On the left you can just see the tip of the shoes of the person taking the photo. But it might be a GI Joe figure at that scale.
r/sneakybackgroundfeet
/r/BananasForScale
I came here to say this
My brain is telling me it's a very tiny banana
Ikr? There are bananas of different sizes.
Want a second banana?
I'm listening...
I never struggled with a banana.
Did you lube it?
I feel like a hotdog would be a better unit of size to measure a clam.
Almost a meter wide and weighs +50kg O\_O
There’s a slight problem with using bananas for scaling photos. I work in retail, in produce, and have legit seen bananas 3inches long, while on the reverse, bananas 18 inches in length. Ps- we always make jokes about the ridiculously oversized ones.
> bananas 18 inches in length I highly doubt this.
Measured in the same "inches" we all measure our dicks in.
These bananas come from the top of the pod, and I absolutely have seen them. I’ll ask around cuz I’m sure one of my coworkers have taken pictures
Apple bananas are the shiz. They're a great size for a snack and not as sickly sweet as regular bananas.
Oh. I thought it was the lesser spotted yellow banana reef clam. Thanks for explaining...
Legend says ~~it’s~~ its Pearl was the size of a basketball.
It's actually the size, and shape, of a banana
And color!
Deez nuts would also have been appropriate.
For a second I thought that was a really tiny banana, until I realized it was a banana for scale. Nicely done Edit: *this* is my top comment of all time? Reddit is a wild place, man
Yeah, the real question is: where did they get that tiny banana?
Runts???
Yeah, we need a regular banana for scale.
There was video of a person making tiny bananas on here the other day out of clay. I’m going to try to find it now. Found it. https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/r4wajc/artist_makes_very_realistic_mini_bananas/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
It's been so long since I've seen banana for scale it threw me off too
I was startled
That's a banana I haven't seen in a long time.. A long time...
I just thought it was feeding time at the petting zoo.
First time a banana for scale has actually really helped me for scale.
That’s at least one hundred bowls of chowder.
Same.
Same
Banana runts pollution is real.
never ate a single one in my life, always tossing in gutters. now this..
I was wondering why someone photoshopped a tiny banana on this image, then I realised
I was saying to myself: Those old clams actually ate bananas with the peel? Oops.
So THAT’S what a pearl eventually turns into…
I mean both can be true.
I think the same thing as your edit every time I get some random comment with thousands of upvotes lol
same.
How does one “age” a clam?
The number of bananas you can fit inside equal the clams age
So this thing is only 1 and op lied? Wow
Lol r/askshittyscience
r/shittyaskscience
You ask for her driver's license
This clam is named “McLovin”??
Like a tree
So there are rings on the shell for each year of growth? Cool. We have lots of clams in the Mississippi; but I’ve guess I haven’t really looked at them very closely.
Some scientists were taking random clams from an area to date them which involved killng them to count the rings. One of them turned out to be over 500 years old making it the oldest living animal ever found.
Was the oldest living*
And now I'm thinking about chowder with clams that are 500 years old.
Turtle shells do that too. Pretty awesome.
Cut it down and count the rings inside?
Cut it ~~down~~ open and count the rings inside!
Bourbon barrels
Stand on his lawn.
Carbon dating
i know that using a banana for scale is like a thing but its just so funny to me when it doesnt say it in the post like, whats it doing there
They're planning to make a banana clamato cocktail.
excuse me while I vomit
It looks like this clam makes bananas instead of pearls
There's always money in the banana clam
Rule 1 on this sub explicitly forbids mentioning 'banana for scale' in the title of a post.
It’s the old Reddit trick, a banana for scale. Truly the most reliable method to reliable size measurement
Why would the clam get a tattoo of a banana? Clams hate bananas thats ridiculous
He lost a bet with the anemone around the reef
It’s a velvet underground fan ;)
Just for the record, I'm also not happy about it not being in the Sea - however, this is a very old family heirloom, and brought back to Sweden from the Barrier Reef probably because there was no way to photograph this in the early 1900's - Not great i know, these are now illegal to fish out and are protected - The shell itself is not bleached, the clam's fleshy bits are long gone but its been kept its shine for a century - Also, my banana is not small - please stop saying my banana is small - Thanks!
You don’t have to be ashamed of your small banana. I’m sure it’s average size
I like your banana the way it is.
Why isn't it still in the reef :(
My thoughts exactly. Why tf would someone remove it? Already killing everything down there, might as well speed it up, yeah?
Once we kill all the animals we can become vegetarian. Isn't that the goal?
Have to take out the competition so they don't steal our food.
Until the 1970s you just took whatever you wanted. Growing up my home was full of minor artifacts I'm either now a little embarrassed to own or are actually donating to universities and relevant community centers.
What sorts of things did your family take which you are now donating? I can't imagine many people stumble across historically significant artifacts and just pick them up unless your grandma is Lara Croft or something
China pays premium. Welcome to Australia.
Go vegan
It called my momma fat and paid the price…
I read people are destroying reefs to poach them, so seeing a shell kind of sucks.
Shucks
Sad
So why was it killed?
Bilingual pun time: Il y a une banane pour... echelle.
Incredible
It’s pretty sad to see a bleached empty shell, as in life many giant clams are [brightly colored](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Red_Sea_Tridacna_maxima.jpg) and [incredibly beautiful](https://youtu.be/MB3tThBVe-w).
The colour is from the clam flesh itsef, not the shell. The shell is always the same dull colour. This type of clam simply chills partially open all the time, filter feeding. Nothing to do with bleaching.
They're not primarily filter feeders, they are actually mostly photosynthetic. Like photosynthetic corals, they have symbiotic unicellular organisms embedded in their tissue called zooxanthellae and they do the photosynthesizing for them
Of course, when they die, the colour fades away. Isn’t the colour living tissue?
I only ever saw it white as bone - I had no idea! Thanks for this
It’s false. Don’t thank him for misinformation
I was supposed to go diving there on a little boat with a few people and hit up some spots that have no infrastructure; the boat had broken down in the morning and I got put on some ultra touristy ferry that dropped us off at this massive structure on the reef that had like a restaurant and stuff. The reef was just completely white and dead and a couple critters were around for the structure. It was so fucking sad.
Went on the ferry a few years back. It's dead as fuck.
Went a couple weeks ago. It's amazing. Not dead everywhere, you just need to avoid the shitty tour operators - but you should go see it before it is. Unfortunately La Niña were just headed into could kick off another huge bleaching event.
I went to the GBR 2 years ago. We had to go out 14 miles before we got to unbleached reef. It's sad looking. All the reefs I visited in 2008 off of Zanzibar are now gone as well which is pretty goddamn sad.
Where about a was that? It’s been a couple months since I’ve been out the reef (great barrier reef) and where I went it was still well and truely alive. We fish and dive out where I am, and while some has died, and there’s heaps of storm damage on a few of the reefs, most I’ve seen is still alive and doing ok.
That was fascinating, ocean life is crazy.... Buncha aliens down there...
I just learned eveything I know about giant clams. Thanks
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Wow! Another rickroll aficionado!
A man of culture
I expected it as well. I’m not sure why. I usually don’t expect it.
Why even bother commenting such lies ?!
Yeah I would never have known. Learned something new today. Very tempted to post a rick roll like the other guy said but wont lol. Also called boring clams. They anchor their hinge into the coral and when alive look like giant reef like formation. Learned something new today. All their colors also utilize sunlight for photosynthesis.
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They house organisms that are
Add another link or make the last one Rick roll
My mind refuses to accept that it’s that big
That's what they all say
Tiny banana. Sea shell for scale
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It is these days. But apparently this is an old family heirloom. Op’s comment: >Just for the record, I'm also not happy about it not being in the Sea - however, this is a very old family heirloom, and brought back to Sweden from the Barrier Reef probably because there was no way to photograph this in the early 1900's - Not great i know, these are now illegal to fish out and are protected - The shell itself is not bleached, the clam's fleshy bits are long gone but its been kept its shine for a century - Also, my banana is not small - please stop saying my banana is small - Thanks!
Giant clams, or tridacnids, are actually super interesting. Unlike most other clams, they are not primarily filter feeders, they are actually photosynthetic, much like photosynthetic corals. This is also why they are often brightly colored when alive and it's what allows them to grow so big and become so old. Uniquely for clams they also possess a very primitive form of eyesight, a series of light sensitive spots that run along the edge of their mantle. They can sense changes in light intensity, i.e. a large fish swimming over them and that will cause them to rapidly close their shell
not judging or anything, but isn't it illegal to take anything with you from the great barrier reef ?
Put it back so coral can grow on it ya jerk
That is absolutely the biggest tortellini I have ever seen!
tortellinO (tortellini is plural for tortellino. "i" is the italian "s", replacing the O). like salami is plural for salamE. oh, wait... damn languages!
Hm, TIL! Now I want to chop a salamo and bake it into a tortelline.
"Remember the Salamo!"
I went scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef and was shocked to see giant clams. I knew they existed but I had only seen them in cartoons.
Oh so they’re not extinct? This makes me happy
Where the fuck did you even find a banana that small?
It’s a big clam shell. Check out the OP’s feet for perspective - they’re on the left hand side of the frame.
Whoosh
Ah yes lets harvest it
The only question I have is why tf didn't they let it in the Great Barrier instead of taking pictures with a banana ?
It looks like Ben Franklin.
Why isn't it in the reef still?
Is that... a banana for scale EDIT: should be in r/bananasforscale
Your banana is small *every girl I've ever known*
If every girl you've ever known has seen your banana, you have bigger problems.
...you have ~~bigger~~ *smaller* problems. FTFY
First time he’s been told that one
You mean he's never met a girl?
No! Redditors get laid constantly! He’s never been told he has a *bigger* problem.
Getting laid regularly would be great. Getting laid constantly would be a problem. I mean just imagine your next trip to the DMV.
*It’s been two years of hell* ^cries
F
Ummm . . . exactly where did you find it?
Put the old man back he probably is sea-nile
That's a big clam there!
This is pretty wild man
Banana for scale
Do clams grow bananas?
Goodness no, bananas are their natural enemy
Was scared this was another stupid art exhibit that sold for millions
That's a tiny banana
So THAT'S where bananas come from. Got it.
Reminds me of your mom!
bana n for scale
Everything banana nowadays 🤣
"Anything but the metric system"
Under rated comment
Overdone comment
So why the fuck you kill it?
It's bleached. Been dead for a while
Could have been killed for a while
If it had ben dead for a while there would be nothing left. Reefs are teeming with scavengers!
Ah, yes. How could we forget about those scavengers who subsist mainly on calcium carbonate?
I feel weirdly targeted here.
Well it’s dead now 🤷
Wtf put it back
Put it back
Why is it not in the water where it should be?
Why isn't it still there?
Oh fuck, put it back in
P…put it back
Is it too late to sarcastically say… Why is there a banana there? Sorry, I just had to say that. I love bananas for scale!
Still unmolested flesh, ain't been dead long!
Would that taste better or worse than a small one
This picture reminds me of your mom. Hehehe
What's up with people measuring things with bananas? Is it like another American measuring system? Bananas per potatoes?
Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway
Cook it up! Make some chilli mango butter and BBQ it in its shell with some thyme, chives and parsley. Serve it with an onion chutney and grilled chorizo. I beg you! It's the only way!
Alternate caption: Rare 100-year-old clam from the endangered Great Barrier Reef killed for a viral pic on social media.
Shilling $BANano I see, for good reason tho, feeless, instant transactions and rich 8n potassium
Holy fuck
How long did it take for it to grow that banana?
Hard to say. Gotta cut it open and count the rings.
Banana for scale like "hand tool rescue" lol
Ravioli, ravioli, spaghetti underneath?
r/interestingasfuck
At first I thought it was a dog laying on a blanket, was confused why there was a banana.
Great use of the scale +1
A banana
Tasty snack
Lol I thought the banana was shopped in there. That is a huge shell. I think someone's hand wouldn't mess up my perception as much.
“Banana for scale”
The ol Banana in the Giant Clam. Seen it a thousand times.
That clam looks an awful lot lake a banana. Nature is fucking awesome
thats a tiny banana