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Shells are a kind of external skeleton
The shells grow by adding new material to the edges as the animal inside gets bigger in this way the animal is protected by its shell all the time and does not have to moult or shed their shell.
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Why do oyster not need to shed its shell?
The oyster's shell provides protection from predators. Oysters do not need to shed their shell because the eat and expel waste products buy opening their shells and pumping water in and out with hairlike structures call cilia.
Why don't oysters and mussels need to shed their shells?
Their shells grow as the organism grows
Why oyster and mussels need to shed their shells?
Oysters and mussels do not shed their shells. They are bivalve molluscs and their shells grow larger with age.
Does scorpion need to shed its shell?
no because it aproximetly grows with its shell so i belive it never does shed its shell but the average life span of a scorpion is 1-3 years so in that stage it probbly will lose its shell when it dies.
Do animals live on an oysters shell?
I have seen mussels attached to oysters and barnacles.
How do oysters protect itself?
it has a hard shell
How does a oysters call their friends?
with shell phones
Name two shell fish?
crab and oysters
What is the vector for hepatitis a?
Man, Shell fish and oysters
What animals live in a shell in the water?
Mussels, oysters
Crustacean shed their shell in a process called?
The process in which crustaceans shed their shell is a process called molting.
Dose a Pokemon evolve with the shed shell?
No Pokémon is known to evolve while holding a shed shell. The shed shell allows a user to switch out even if an ability shouldn't allow it to.
