Oystercatcher Tide Pools Book of nature

Just as Chanel glimpsed something shining from the bottom of the pool, Wraen called out to her, saying she had found one. Eyes flitted to her leader, then back to the water. Curiosity compelled the kitten to thrust her head into the water once more, being quick about gathering the shiny thing between glimmering fangs. She pulls herself out of the water, fur dripping with freezing water. The girl gives a little shake- sending droplets flying- before padding over to the older woman. 

"I fink I found one too?" she manages to reply, before dropping the thing out from her teeth and onto to the shore. Sure enough, it was a clam, although petite. "So how shall we open them?" she wonders aloud. There was a very obvious point at which the two halves of the clam met, but she was unsure whether to crack it open between teeth or some other method.