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How do starfish open clams?
Starfish eat clams by grasping and pulling on the clams shell until the clam can't hold it close any longer. Once the shell is opened far enough, the starfish begins to feed on the clam.
What is a starfish's diet?
Sea stars eat clams, mollusks, oysters, coral in the reefs, and some eat other sea stars.
Describe how a sea star feeds on a clam?
It forces its stomach out, and sticks it inside of the clams shell. Then with the clam inside of the stomach, the starfish puts its stomach back on its inside. A sea star opens up a clam by attaching its hundreds of tube feet to the external surface of the shell with suction. Then, it pulls. It might have to pull for hours, or days, until the adductor muscle holding the shell firmly closed is finally weakened enough that the shell opens. Then the star fish can force its stomach in and digest the soft insides of the clam.
Punctuation By the pilings of the old pier I found four starfish a clam and a sea anemone?
by the pilings of the old pier, I found four starfish, a clam and a sea anemone.
What kind of food do starfish eat?
Most starfish eat clam, oysters, and mussels. There are a few species that eat sponges, plankton and coral. There are even some species that will go outside of the water to find decomposing plants and animals.
What does the starfish use its arms for?
A starfish uses its arms to pry open clam or oyster shells
Describe how a star fish feeds on a clam?
A starfish feeds on a clam by first using its tube feet to pry open the clam's shell slightly. Once the shell is opened, the starfish extends its stomach through its mouth and into the clam's body, secreting digestive enzymes to break down the soft tissue. After digestion, the starfish retracts its stomach, absorbing the nutrients. This process allows the starfish to consume prey that is otherwise protected by a hard shell.
How do starfish prie open clams?
Starfish pry clams open in a very unusual way. They use their legs and suction cups to position and open, then push their stomach out of their body and grab the clam. Once the starfish has the clam, it withdraws the stomach back into the body.
In what countries do people eat starfish?
People eat starfish in Japan
Food web of a starfish?
Most species of starfish eat mussels and other mollusks, or shellfish. Small starfish need to be on the lookout for larger starfish, which will sometimes attack, kill and eat them. Manta rays, some sharks and other large, bony fishes eat starfish.
Do fish eat starfish?
Fish do eat starfish depending on the eatign characteristics
When a starfish pries open the shell of a clam or oyster the mollusk resists even of the shell opens slightly the starfish will get its meal how does this occur?
When a starfish pries open the shell of a clam or oyster, it uses its tube feet to exert pressure on the shell. The mollusk instinctively tries to close its shell to protect itself, but the starfish can exploit even a slight opening. Once the shell is slightly ajar, the starfish extends its stomach out of its body and into the clam or oyster, secreting enzymes to digest the soft tissue before absorbing the nutrients. This method allows the starfish to feed effectively despite the mollusk's resistance.
