Diving into the waters of the Maldives, traveller @erik_dowell spotted a giant clam. "The giant clams that we saw were the size of a football, but can grow up 47 inches across, weigh up to 440 pounds and live an average of 100 years in the wild. When you

Diving into the waters of the Maldives, traveller @erik_dowell spotted a giant clam. "The giant clams that we saw were the size of a football, but can grow up 47 inches across, weigh up to 440 pounds and live an average of 100 years in the wild. When you got within 6 inches of them, they would flinch and close,” he recalls. #gadv Hotels-live.com via www.instagram.com/p/BBDKOKLiqgD/ #Travel via http://flic.kr/p/D75MiW