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MOLLUSCS
Invertebrate 

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AFRICAN GIANT SNAIL

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MOLLUSCS

​With shell

1. Chiton                  5.  Snails                
2. Clams                   6.  Scallops
3. Limpets                7.  Oysters
4. Mussels
5. Snails
6. Scallops
7. Oysters


​Without Shell

1. Cuttlefish
2. Slugs
3. Squid
4. Octopuses

After insects, molluscs are the largest group of animals.

• They have soft, muscular bodies, often covered with a shell.
• The largest mollusc is the Giant Clam.

​​​Clams

• Most Clams begin life as males, but half of them turn female when older.
• The oldest animal ever found was a 405-year old Icelandic Clam.  It was killed by researchers trying to work out its age.

Crabs

• Crabs have hairs on their claws and other parts of their body to detect water current and vibration.

Jellyfish

• The Giant Arctic Jellyfish tentacles ca reach 120 feet.

 Octopuses 

• The pupil if an Octopus is rectangular.
• Have three hearts.
• The Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak.
• ​Octopus parents embrace their young to clean them.

Oysters

• A baby Oyster is called a 'spat'.
• Oysters can change gender depending upon which is best for mating.

Scallops

• Scallops have up to 100 eyes around the edge of the shell.
• Scallops are bi-valves. 
• Scallops are free-swimmers.  They swim by clapping their shells together quickly, moving a jet of water past the shell hinge and propelling them forward.
• Scallops caught in Brittany are shipped to China for cleaning and then sent back to France to be cooked and eaten!

Slugs

• Slugs have four noses.

Snails

• If a snail loses its eye, it can grow another one.
• The African Giant Snail lays up to 1,200 eggs per year.
• A snail can sleep for three years.

Squids

• The Giant Squid's eye can measure up to 25cm in diameter.
• A Squid has 10 tentacles.

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Visit:  Mollusc . COLLECTIVE NOUNS, SIMILES, IDIOMS METAPHORS and EXPRESSIONS

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A SCALLOP - The blue orbs are its eyes

COCKLE

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OPEN OYSTER

SNAIL

CUTTLEFISH

SQUID

LIMPET SHELL WITH BARNACLES

SCALLOPS

GIANT CLAM

OCTOPUS

CHITON

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