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Maybe you think that snails, clams, mussels, squid, and octopods are very different. Yet, they are all in the same category of animals known as mollusks and are structurally similar. Maybe you think that snails, clams, mussels, squid, and octopods are very different. Yet, they are all in the same category of animals known as mollusks and are structurally similar Clam, common name for many species of bivalve mollusks that burrow wholly or partly into sand or mud by means of a hatchet-shaped muscular foot. Clams are eaten throughout the world. In the United States, those commonly preferred for consumption are the r Clams are mollusks which use their foot to burrow completely or partially into sand or mud. There are a few types of well-known clams (primarily the edible ones). Here is a list of a few with their scientific classifications: The hard clam--Mercenaria me Clams are animals that burrow under the sea floor. They are bivalves, mollusks that have two shells that protect a soft body. There are over 15,000 different species of clams worldwide. The biggest clam is the Giant Clam, Tridacna gigas; it is up to 4.8 f Giant clams are found throughout the Tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic region, from the south China seas in the north to the northern coasts of Australia and from the Nicobar Islands in the west to Fiji in the east. Giant clams occupy coral reef habitats, typ Horseshoe crabs, common along the Delaware coast, have evolved little in the last 250 million years. Still, they have survived because of their hard, curved shells, which have made it difficult for predators to overturn them and expose their soft, vulnera Baboon, common name applied to certain large African monkeys and sometimes to the closely related gelada. Baboons generally are adapted to life on the ground and avoid forests; they range in large herds, called troops, over rocky, open lands and wooded ar Description: Coloration varies but is generally green or brown, which makes it very hard to see in its habitat. Characteristics: Will strike if molested. Its venom is hemotoxic; even small amounts cause severe hemorrhaging, making it dangerous to man. If you fear snakes, it is probably because you are unfamiliar with them or you have wrong information about them. There is no need for you to fear snakes if you know-- o Their habits. o How to identify the dangerous kind |
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