Their diet is fish, a few reptiles, small mammals, and birds. They lay their eggs in high trees at the tops of rocky columns or on the ground if safe. They breed around the Chesapeake Bay. Oysters are important animals to the Chesapeake Bay because people fish for them and eat them. Oysters live on firm surfaces in brackish water.
Most oysters spend their first year as a male and in their second year they usually become females.
There aren't as many oysters now because of pollution and different diseases found in the bay. So, if you like oysters, don't pollute the Chesapeake Bay. . We have made every reasonable attempt to ensure that our school system's web pages are educationally sound and do not contain links to any questionable material or anything that can be deemed in violation of the BCPS Telecommunications Policy. All Rights Reserved.