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Clams is what the consensus was, but I can t imagine it, Wheatley said. In fact, they are most likely clams or mussels, said Alberta Environment and Parks aquatic scientist Ron Zurawell after studying a photo. Anglers do periodically pull one up on a fishing line, he said. More frequently we see evidence of them by witnessing the shells after the clams die off we ll find the dead shells washed up on shore. The shells found by Hanna Wheatley and her brother Blake were likely from a mussel that is native to Alberta. (Submitted by Kimberly Wheatley) Zurawell said the solitary organisms, which have been in Alberta for thousands of years, are typically found in lakes and slow-moving rivers. They can flow from one body of water to another or be distributed by wildlife, he said. ....