Many-Legged Creatures
Many-Legged Creatures
Any sunny, summer day, in almost any
back yard, empty lot, or lawn, you can see dozens of wild animals!
You’re sure to see the eight-legged creature that catches other animals
in a trap. It’s a spider! And you may get to see the wonderful
six-legged jumping animal that has its ears on its sides. It’s a
grasshopper! And if you find a ring of clay around a hole, it may be the
front door of the ten-legged tunnel builder called a crayfish!
The world is full of these many-legged creatures. They are called
arthropods. They live everywhere—jungles, deserts, oceans, caves,
mountaintops, and in your back yard, where you can watch them creep,
crawl, hop, dash, fly, hunt, fight, and eat, all summer long.
