Did you know?

• Crabs have joined legs and a hard body covering.
•They breather through gills located a the base of the legs.
• The crab moults (loses its shell) many times in its life. Each time it grows a new shell to replace the old one which has become too small for its growing body. The shell splits down the middle and the crab backs out of the old shell.
• Crabs have four pairs of legs and a large pair of grasping claws called pincers.

Did you know?

• Clams bury themselves under the sand or mud using their muscular foot.
• Squirt water out of their siphons to retract into their shells and stay moist as the tide goes out.
• Have 2 shells that can close up and retain water to protect the soft animal inside at low tide.
• Have fleshy mantles (inside shell) that absorb calcium carbonate out of the ocean which helps them to grow an outer shell to protect their soft body.

Did you know?

• Nearly two billion pounds of these mollusks are eaten every year.
•  Oysters contain a whole raft of Vitamins, including C, D, B1, B1, B2 and B3.
•  If an oyster is alive. If its shell is open, you tap on it with your fingers, and it snap shut, then it’s alive.
•  Oysters contain both gills and mantle in order for them to breathe.
•  Oysters feed on plankton, animal waste, decayed plants- most any small particles they suck in. Oysters can filter up to five liters of water each hour.