People have always looked upon sea shells as beautiful, precious objects. As long as thirty thousand years ago, sea shells were used as jewelry. Necklaces made of sea shells have been found in the...
Collecting sea shells
> Many people enjoy collecting sea shells as a hobby. But collecting sea > shells is more than a hobby. It's actually part of a science---the > science of conchology (kahng uh jee). So, if you >...
Sea slugs
If you have ever played in a garden or meadow, you've probably seen slugs. A slug is a snail without a shell. It's a little brownish-yellow lump that crawls very slowly. Usually it has two \"feelers"...
The “two-shelled” ones
The creature lay inside its boxlike shell, with the lid open. From under the lid, a fringe of short, thin tentacles stuck out all around. Among the tentacles gleamed many tiny, round, beautiful blue...
The “belly-footed” ones
> moon snail A large moon snail pushes its way through the speckled sand just below the low tideline. The snail has a round shell that is some four inches (10 centimeters) wide. Bulging out all...
The life of a chiton
Imagine you're the kind of mollusk called a chiton tuhn). You have a sort of head, a mouth, but no eyes. Your body is a soft, oblong lump, with no arms or legs. Your head and back are covered with...
The “spade-footed” ones
If you ever find the shell of a scaphopod uh pahd) on a beach, you may think you've found the tusk of a tiny elephant! For that's what the shells of most of these little creatures look like. The...
The beautiful shell
Millions of years ago, the sea was full of many octopuslike animals. But these animals had shells, like those of snails. Today, of course, the octopus has no shell at all. And its cousin, the squid,...
Sea arrows
The squid, or sea arrow as it is sometimes called, is a cousin of the octopus. Like the octopus it can change color and can shoot out a cloud of ink. It also swims as an octopus does, by sucking in...
A many-armed “monster”
The sun was setting over the ocean, and the sky was a blaze of pink, orange, and purple. As the big red ball slowly dropped out of sight, the bright colors faded and the sky turned blue-black. Night...
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