Tough life of a gaper clam:

This afternoon, Tom and I were observing a foraging otter in Elkhorn Slough, just east of the Route 1 bridge. We watched this young male dive down and come up without prey nine times in a row. On the tenth resurfacing, we saw him with an ENORMOUS gaper clam. Probably eight paws! I was so amazed, looking at the clam through my binoculars, that I forgot to snap a photo.