In myths, rosemary has a reputation for improving memory and has been used as a symbol for remembrance during war commemorations and funerals in Europe and Australia.Mourners would throw it into graves as a symbol of remembrance for the dead.n myths, rosemary has a reputation for improving memory and has been used as a symbol for remembrance during war commemorations and funerals in Europe and Australia.
Up close: Gills. The clam gills play an interesting role in the clam's survival. The gills have two functions in two separate systems of the clam. For the digestive system, the gills aide in digestion through separating silt from the nutrition and aids in the respiratory system through providing oxygen to the clam.
The shells close due to the two adductor muscles. It is their contraction that allows the shell to close. All clams (with the exception of the scallop) do not have eyes. However they do have a heart, kidneys, an anus and a mouth. These organs are always present, regardless of the size of a clam.