A Shell fo Shelte T e slug is soſt . Yet not all members
banana slug
Land, Not Sea Unlike the sea star, the banana slug
lives on land. It’s bright yellow. T is slug has two pairs of soſt
tentacles. T e top pair is its eyes. T e bottom pair acts like a nose. T e slug has rippling muscles that
push it forward. It moves slowly through the forest, looking for food.
of its group are soſt . Some have a hard shell. T e garden snail is a good example. It carries its home on its back. T e shell protects it. T e female argonaut octopus has
a shell, too. She lays her eggs in the shell. T en she climbs inside. Aſt er the eggs hatch, her babies swim away. T e violet sea snail uses its shell in
another way. It lives in the ocean. It fl oats on a raſt of bubbles that form by the shell’s opening. T e bubbles float on the water’s surface. Sea currents move the raſt . T e snail floats beneath it, safe in its shell.
golden tortoise beetle
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