A clam’s shell consists of two (usually equal) valves, which are connected by a hinge joint and a ligament that can be external or internal. Clams also have kidneys, a heart, a mouth, a stomach, and a nervous system. Many have a siphon.Click to see full answer. Hereof, do clams have feelings?“[Clams] do not have hardware or response consistent with the ability to feel pain. Because they have no brain, or central processing unit for stimuli there is no place for sensations to be aggregated into responses or changes in adaptive decision making.”Beside above, do clams poop? If something lives in the sea, the poop is, well, more edible than a mammal or bird. Of course they poop. Yes, we eat it. Correspondingly, do clams have eyes? They don’t have eyes per se, but clams do have special photoreceptor cells. A sudden change in the light means something bigger and hungrier is above them. When they sense danger, they dig down. The fastest clams can dig an inch per second.What is the function of the heart in a clam?Heart receives and pumps only oxygenated blood (=haemolymph) in clams and other bivalves. Heart is enclosed within a pericardial cavity. Paired U-shaped kidneys are connected to pericardial cavity on one end and the opposite ends open in mantle cavity.
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