Rocky+Shores


 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/Sally_lightfoot_crab_2.jpg/800px-Sally_lightfoot_crab_2.jpg width="366" height="231" caption="Sally Lightfoot Crab"]] ||  || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Starfish.jpg/750px-Starfish.jpg width="331" height="228" caption="Cushion Star"]] ||
 * The **LightFoot Crab* ** ||  || The **New Zealand common cushion star*** ||~ ||
 * ** The LightFoot Crab has ability to use its "hands" to push the water away from themselves. ** ||  || ** The NZCCS is a sea star of the family Asterinidae, endemic to New Zealand. It has an armspan of about/up to 60 mm. ** || ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Common_seals_pho.jpg/800px-Common_seals_pho.jpg width="397" height="250" caption="Harbor Seals :)"]]
 * Harbor Seals* ** ||  || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Caribbean_hermit_crab.JPG/598px-Caribbean_hermit_crab.JPG width="345" height="235" caption="Caribbean Hermit Crab"]]
 * Hermit Crab* ** ||
 * ** Their global population is 400,000 to 500,000, and subspecies in certain habitats are threatened. Seal hunting, once a common practice, is now mostly illegal. ** ||  || ** The caribbean hermit crab is also know as the tree crab, their "hands" help them "stick" onto the tree without falling off. these hermit crabs live in the caribbean sea, southern Flordia, Venezuela, and Bermuda islands. ** ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Crown_of_Thorns-jonhanson.jpg width="404" height="234" align="center" caption="Crown of Thorns Starfish"]] ||  || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Sea_otters_holding_hands.jpg/800px-Sea_otters_holding_hands.jpg width="343" height="221" caption="Sea otters holding hands"]] ||
 * ** The Crown-of-Thorns can grow from the size of a grain of sand to the size of a dinner plate. An exceptionally large crown of thorns can grow to be the size of a bus.The sharp spines on the sides of the starfish's limbs resemble thorns and create a crown-like shape, giving the creature its name. These thorns are very sharp and are capable of piercing through standard wetsuits and other clothing. They are also venomous. ** ||  || ** The sea otter inhabits nearshore environments where it can quickly dive to the sea floor to forage. It preys mostly upon marine invertebrates such as sea urchins, various molluscs and crustaceans, and some species of fish. ** ||
 * ** We help keep this biome clean but, we also trash it. Marine people go to rescue and save animals in the rocky shore everyday. We all have a huge inpact here, and we need to stop littering in their waters and on their beaches. ** ||
 * =__3 interesting facts __ =
 * ** We help keep this biome clean but, we also trash it. Marine people go to rescue and save animals in the rocky shore everyday. We all have a huge inpact here, and we need to stop littering in their waters and on their beaches. ** ||
 * =__3 interesting facts __ =
 * =__3 interesting facts __ =

**1. R ** ocky shores are amongst the most fascinating of all ecosystems and a huge variety of marine life can be seen there.
 * 2.** T he animals and plants on the shore have to be able to live both under water and in air, and the length of time they have to survive out of water increases the higher up the shore they are.
 * 3.** L ower in the shore, and in rock pools, conditions are easier, so more delicate species and many more types of plants and animals can be found.   ||
 * [[file:ROCKY_SHORE.pptx]] ||  ||   ||