GOOEY DUCKS (geoducks)
Another "interesting" song for group singing...
Chorus:
Dig a duck, dig a duck,
Dig a gooey duck
Dig a duck, dig a gooey duck
Dig a duck a day
You can hear the digger say
As he’s headed for the bay
I gotta dig a duck, gotta dig a duck a dayCause I get a buck a duck
If I dig a duck a day
So I gotta dig a duck,
Gotta dig a duck a dayThey walk across the sand
About a half a mile from land
To dig a gooey duck
You dig him up by hand
But it isn’t much trouble
And you don’t use a shovel
You find a gooey duck
By looking for the bubbleIt take a lot of luck
And a certain kind of pluck
To dig around the muck
To get a gooey duck
Cause he doesn’t have a front
And he doesn’t have a back
And he doesn’t know Donald
And he doesn’t go, "Quack!"
* A geoduck (Panopea abrupta, pronounced "gooey-duck") is a giant clam, the world's largest burrowing bivalve, often attaining a weight of ten pounds. The "Gooey Duck" song was written by harpmaker- storyteller Ron Konzak of Washington State along with Judy and Jerry Elfendahl. Jerry is a diver who is part of a new industry that harvests the geoduck commercially in the Pacific Northwest. The song has been released as single and is available through Acme Music (6490 Ada's Will lane NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110). By the way, Ron tells us it's a hit in Japan.
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Geoduck FAQ's (Frequently Asked
Questions)
Some Basic Geoduck Information
More Geoduck
Information
The Geoduck Chronicles: How an obscure bivalve became the object
of international desire
by William Dietrich
Special to The Seattle Times
March 21, 1999
It matters to Asian seafood lovers, who pay retail prices up to $30 a pound to dine on gargantuan neck of Panopea abrupta, better known by its Nisqually Indian name of "gwe-duk," or "dig-deep": the geoduck.
That's "gooey-duck" to you newcomers.
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Range and Availability
The Geoduck (Panope generosa), pronounced "gooey duck", is the largest North American clam. It may weigh several pounds and have a neck more than 4 inches long. It is found only in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast Alaska.
Geoduck Clam Facts
Spawning Season: Spawning is triggered by an increase in water temperature and occurs from March to July.
Preferred Environment: The Geoduck, the largest burrowing clam, prefers sandy to muddy bottoms in intertidal areas to a depth of 600 feet.
Environmental Threats: Water quality problems, both natural and man-made, appear to be the largest environmental threats. Since most bivalves are filter feeders, they ingest microscopic plant and animal matter from the water and may ingest and concentrate toxins which are harmful to humans if consumed. Severe storms may destroy local populations, either directly due to wave action on exposed coastlines, or indirectly due to lowered salinity levels.
Known Predators: Known predators include fishes, worms, snails, starfish, and crabs.
| The Geoduck is the mascot of the Evergreen
State College in Olympia, WA
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