How do oysters make their shells?
12/12/202527 min
On a rainy, windy day, But Why hopped on a ferry and headed to Governors Island in New York City with one thing on our minds - oysters! We met up with Mike McCann of the Billion Oyster Project to learn more about these very special bivalves. How do they get their shells? How long do they live? What do oysters eat and who eats them? Why do people eat oysters without cooking them?
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[upbeat music] This is But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids from Vermont Public. I'm Jane Lindholm. On this show, we take questions from curious kids all over the world, and we go out and find answers. This fall, on an exceptionally rainy afternoon, the But Why team drove over to New York City to visit a place called Governors Island. We had to take a ferry to get there. [ferry horn blows] We went all the way to Governors Island in the rain because we wanted to learn about a very specific project and a very specific animal. See if you can guess what it is. These animals live in saltwater. They're pretty small.