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Article: What did she find? (Our Big World).(animals with shells)
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- Weekly Reader, Edition Pre-K (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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This issue focuses on animals that have shells. Use this page to talk about horseshoe crabs and their shells. Explain that horseshoe crabs live in the water and use their tails to help them swim. Their tails help them dig in the sand and scare off other animals. Ask: Have you ever seen a horseshoe crab? Where? What would you do if you saw a horseshoe crab?
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What Lives in a Shell?
A hermit crab lives inside the empty shell of another animal.
A snail sticks its soft body out of its shell to find food
A lobster's shell covers its Body. It has strong claws.
A turtle has a shell on top of its body ...