Giant clam
In the following activities you will need
an
underwater slate, some drafting
paper cut to fit, masking tape, a pencil
and good reference books for the area
in which you are snorkelling.
At home you should start an underwater
maskbp tape
life scrapbook in which you can record
the lifeforms seen on each snorkelling
trip.
This way you will learn more about the
sea and if you decide to take
photographs later, you will know what
you are taking.
Activity Animals that live in crevices
There is an enormous diversity of lifeforms
near the rock or coral ledges in our seas.
Look carefully in and around crevices and draw
any three organisms that you find.
Look for
barnacles. feather stars, small crabs,
corals, worms, sea urchins, schimps, crayfish,
moray eels, shells, scallops, sea anemones.
Use a general reference book suited to your
local area to identify the creatures you find.
Rag worm
Staghorn coral
Blood spotted crab
Swift Riled crab
Some animals that live in crevices.
