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Do raccoons eat clams?
Raccoons will eat anything they can get their paws on, including clams.
Why do soft shell clams live in mud?
Soft shell clams live in mud because it provides protection from predators, helps regulate their body temperature, and offers access to nutrients and food sources buried in the sediment. The mud also allows them to easily burrow and hide, reducing their exposure to the elements and other threats in their environment.
Do clams have a backbone?
No, clams do not have a backbone. They are part of the invertebrate group of animals, which means they lack a spinal column. Clams have a soft body enclosed in a shell for protection.
How are worms and clams alike how are they different?
They are alike because they are invertebrates and they are different because one has a shell to protect itself from predators and the other doesn't have anything to protect itself from.
How can clams move and breath using the surroundings?
Clams breathe through gills much like fish. A mussel (commonly called a clam) consists mostly of a long brownish dual-purpose muscular foot. The animal moves via its foot and anchors itself to something substantial with the foot: a rock, ship, or dock. When the mussel lies underwater, its foot sticks out between its two hinged shells. The Clam also moves using the surrounding current when it releases from a rock.
Are clams forangers grazers filter feeders predators scavengers or parasites?
Clams are filter feeders. They are not parasites, scavengers, predators, or foragers.yes a clam is a scavenger
How do clams react to predators?
close up their shell
Why do clams bury underground?
To hide from potential predators.
What are the natural predators of clams in the freshwater biome?
Otters.
What is clams body covering?
Clams are generally covered by a shell. It is a part of the clam's body, and it can open or close; when closed, it serves the purpose of protecting the clam from predators.
How do clams support themselves?
Clams move around by opening and closing their shells repeatedly. They are not filter feeders like oysters or mussels. Since they swim around, water circulates through their shells, and they get their food that way. Clams' main predators are starfish. ( I think that's right...)
What is a clam's predator?
Clams have several natural predators, including various species of fish, birds, and mammals. Common predators include sea otters, crabs, starfish, and certain types of fish like flounder and cod. Birds such as seagulls and herons also feed on clams by using their beaks to pry them open. These predators play an important role in maintaining the balance of marine ecosystems.
What are 3 physical adaptations of Giant Clams?
Clams have many adaptations such as they have one or two adductor muscles that hold the cell closed so predators can't open the cells, another is they have a foot that helps them move of the bottom of the lake or ocean, and last they live with a siphon sticking out so if there is any movement in the water they can be warned of predators.
How clams avoid animals?
They close up in their very hard shells and spring into a small hole or area where their predator can't reach them. They close up in their very hard shells and spring into a small hole or area where their predator can't reach them.
How does a barracuda eat differently from a clam?
Barracudas are predators, they hunt other fish. Clams are filter feeders and eat small particles sifted from the water.
What ocean zone does a lobster live in?
Many clams live in the intertidal zone. These clams mostly burrow into the sand to protect themselves from predators like some crabs, humans, and seagulls.
What species pray on sting rays?
the crabs ,clams , shrimp ,marine worms ,algae , and any other small fish they can find
