Seahorse Facts

Seashores contain a huge variety of creatures which can adapt to the constant change from wet to dry as the tide rolls in and out.
Crabs, shellfish and other creatures of rocky shores have tough shells to protect them from pounding waves and the sun’s drying heat.
Anemones, starfish and shellfish such as barnacles have powerful suckers for holding on to rocks.
Limpets are the best rock clingers and can only be prized off if caught by surprise.
Anemones may live on a hermit crab’s shell, feeding on its leftovers but protecting it with their stinging tentacles.
Rock pools are pools of water left among the rocks when the tide goes out.
Rock pool creatures include shrimps, hermit crabs, anemones and fish such as blennies and gobies.
Sandy shores are home to burrowing creatures such as crabs, razor clams, lugworms, sea cucumbers and burrowing anemones.
Sandhoppers are tiny shelled creatures that live along the tide line, feeding on seaweed.
Beadlet anemones look like blobs of jelly on rocks when the tide is out. But when the water returns, they open a ring of flower-like tentacles to feed.

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