Hello Linda,
I was in the Brittany, North-France, observing, as the people there are
catching the Razor clams for the consumption.
They go at low tide with lowered eyes on the search after the two fine,
narrow side by side lying holes, that leave the two siphons of the mussels
in the dry-fallen bottom. One must behave very quietly, tread softly and
also make no noise. If they find such a position, then the people scatter
one teaspoon cook-salt on the two holes. The salt dissolves quickly in the
moisture and leads to an escalate of the salt content in the water-rest in
the tube, in which the mussels live.
The mussels live in a vertical tube, in which they can climb with their in
the end thickened foot quickly up and down. They are very sensitive for the
change of the salt content in the water. First the mussel of the ascending
too much salt tries to escape in that she climbs quickly downward. One
recognize this by the little crater, that refines through the suction above.
Since the doesn't help however, nothing other remains the mussel, as
subsequent the escape to begin upward. She shoots upwards with it with such
vehemence that their mussel-body until over the half from the ground
out-steps. If one grabs quickly then, one can carry off the mussel.
Good night (we have in Europe evening),
Gert