A bizarre video of a live clam “eating” salt off a wooden kitchen table has been making its rounds on the internet and has been uploaded by various YouTube users and shared on news sites.

There have been reports the long, cream coloured “tongue” shown in the video is actually the clam’s “foot,” searching the area around it, trying to dig itself into a sandy seafloor that just isn’t there.

After watching this video, how does a big bowl of clam chowder for lunch sound?