Im pretty sure raccoons eat fresh water clams. :/
And otters and other mammals, too. A broken or dead clam will be consumed by fish or special worms in a few hours. In some places, snails also eat clams by drilling a hole in their shell using the snail's tongue (radula).
Freshwater clams digest food threw grooves in there gills. After it is digested it is brung threw the body of the clam, putting vitamins and other nutritious food threw the body.
Ok first off, If you are asking for the clam asians or maybe Americans eat, they feed off of planktons. The ones that were caught and in sale in the stores,(freshwater) they feed off of live krill or krills just in general.
Most freshwater clams eat only phytoplankton, which are microscopic plants that float in the water column.
They filter microbes from the sea water and eat that.
They filter feed. Most likely phytoplankton or things of the sort
plankton but you can try to feed them popcorn if you have 1 in your house
they are bottom feeders.
only fresh water clams can not salt water
Clams, like most mollusks, also have open circulatory systems, which means that their organs are surrounded by watery blood that contains nutrients and oxygen. Clams eat plankton, and they themselves are eaten by small sharks and squid
Steamer clams are small clams often cooked by steaming for people to eat. Eggs hatch into larvae which turn into clams which live in mud in shallow salt water areas.
Water.Usually its salt water.
Fresh water clams live in fresh water and salt water clams live in salt water.There are both freshwater and saltwater clams. Mussels fall into this category as well. See the related links for both.
clams die when they do not have the proper enviorment, salt water , algae to eat. a clam dies when its pearl is taken out .
Clams can be either fresh water or salt water. (Depends on the species)
Clams eat plankton, not algae. Algae grows in still water. Clams need the water to be moving so they can get nutrients.
clams filter microorganisms from the water. they don't hunt or "eat" anything.
Yes, clams do eat. They are filter feeders filtering water for microscopic animals and plants.
Plankton.
Creek clams eat small plants, algae and tiny animals. They filter the food from the water. Clams are a good addition in a fish tank as they can filter the tank's water.