The story for kids
This is the giant clam, the biggest shell of all. It can grow bigger than one meter and live for a hundred years! Inside, it keeps tiny little algae that make food for it.
Facts
- It can be more than 1 metre long and weigh 200 kg.
- It lives for more than 100 years.
- It keeps tiny algae inside itself that give it food.
Numbers
- Size
- ~1 m
- Eats
- Food made by algae