Eastern Oyster

CALL ME PEARL

Diet

• Filter feeders: eat phytoplankton and algae floating by in the water

Agility

• Float through the water as young plankton and then settle to the floor and cannot move for the rest of their life

Defense Mechanisms

• Use their adductor muscles to shut their shells together very tightly

• Can be up to 10 pounds of pressure holding their shells together, making it almost impossible to open

• If stepped on they could puncture, scrape, or stab the skin of an animal

Superpower

• One oyster can filter ~50 gallons of water a day