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Giant Floater

Pyganodon grandis

The Giant Floater is a big, friendly clam that lives in rivers and lakes. It has a smooth, shiny shell and loves to filter tiny food from the water around it.

Lebensraum: Freshwater lakes and rivers

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The Giant Floater has a large, oval, thin shell, typically yellowish-brown to dark brown. Its inner shell surface often shines with iridescent bluish-white or purple hues. It often looks smooth but can show distinct growth rings.

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Giant Floater
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Giant Floater

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Giant Floaters can breathe underwater using special filters in their bodies!

It can live longer than some pets, growing for over 20 years!

Its shell shines with amazing rainbow colors on the inside.

This clam has special babies that ride on fish like tiny hitchhikers!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Filter

Giant Floater can filter many gallons of water daily because its gills have tiny pores that trap food particles.

Fähigkeit

Mud Mover

Giant Floater has a powerful muscular 'foot' that helps them slowly burrow into soft lake bottoms for safety.

Fähigkeit

Hitchhiker Babies

Giant Floater's babies temporarily attach to fish gills because this helps them travel to new homes!

Maße und Details

Länge
10-25 cm
Gewicht
100-400 g
Lebenserwartung
10-25 Jahre

Ernährung und Fütterung

This mussel is a natural water filter, munching on tiny bits like algae and bacteria.

Hauptnahrung

  • Algae
  • Bacteria
  • Phytoplankton
  • Detritus

Nahrungssuche

  • Filter Feeding

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Its babies (glochidia) temporarily attach to fish gills to grow.

eats

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Muskrats are known to prey on adult mussels for food.

eaten by

Green Alga

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

It filters and consumes microscopic algae from the water.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always wash your hands after touching water or mud where clams live.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Giant Floater?

10-25 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Giant Floater?

100-400 g

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Giant Floater?

10-25 Jahre

Was frisst Giant Floater?

This mussel is a natural water filter, munching on tiny bits like algae and bacteria.

Wo findet man Giant Floater normalerweise?

Freshwater lakes and rivers

Wie jagt Giant Floater?

Filter Feeding

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