Download or read book Harry the Sand Crab written by Gaylee Warner and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry is a little sand crab who stays close to the water, keeps his gills wet, and sometimes races along the beach with his friends, Kainan and Mateo. One day when he is busily digging a burrow, Harry notices a man on the beach photographing him and taking notes. Tim is an oceanographer who has no idea he is about to save Harry from tragedy. When Harry comes out of his burrow on his way to the ocean, he slips and lands on his back. As a hungry bird flies overhead, Harry fears the worst. But when Tim runs to his rescue and turns Harry over, just in time, a friendship develops between man and sand crab. As they talk, Harry explains about himself, the environment, and why animals must stay where they belong to survive. In this fun and educational childrens book, a little sand crab-saved from tragedy by a scientist-teaches the scientist valuable lessons about his life and his important role in keeping the ocean clean.
Download or read book Sand Crab written by Papa G and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sand Crab has a dream, a dream that will take him on the adventure of a lifetime, an adventure that will take Sand Crab from the beach to the very bottom of the ocean and ultimately to a new way of life. From the best-selling author of Pedro the Ugliest Dog In The World and Fing comes this beautifully illustrated fable about life.
Download or read book Sand Crabs and Sharks written by Walker Newton and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The setting is the beautiful town of St. Augustine, Florida. What could happen to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of this historic village? A major political figure is scheduled to make a personal appearance at Flagler College. There are those that will do anything to keep that from happening. Familiar characters and strangers interact in this cauldron of surprises. Walker Newton is fearless.
Download or read book Sammy the Curious Sand Crab written by Bobbi Anne Rodriguez and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most crabs are content under the ocean, but not Sammy! This little sand crab craves adventure. But when his curiosity leads him into a lobsterman’s trap, Sammy finds himself on more of an adventure than he ever thought possible. New sights and strange creatures join our little crab as he explores the world around him on his journey back to the ocean, and gives us a glimpse of one of the lovely islands that lies off the coast of Maine.
Download or read book Crab Moon written by Ruth Horowitz and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a perfect day at the beach, Crab Moon leaves an indelible memory of a special adventure, and a quiet message about doing our part to preserve earth's oldest creatures. One June night, under the full moon, Daniel’s mother wakes him up to see the extraordinary sight of horseshoe crabs spawning on the beach, just as they have every spring for an awesome 350 million years. But when Daniel returns in the morning, he finds only one lonely crab, marooned upside down in the sand. Can he possibly save it? Like a perfect day at the beach, Crab Moon leaves an indelible memory of a special adventure between parent and child, and a quiet message about doing our part to preserve even earth’s oldest creatures. Back matter includes a note about horseshoe crabs.
Download or read book Sand Crabs Day at the Bay written by Cynthia Doyle and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two sand crabs out for a stroll on the bay, run into a series of calamities which creates havoc for them as they crawl along the sand. The determined crabs do all they can to enjoy the surf and escape the perils they encounter. This whimsical, rhyming book combines excitement and suspense as the tiny crabs persevere to stay safe and avoid the hazards that confront their outing at the bay.
Download or read book The Desert written by Michael Welland and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From endless sand dunes and prickly cacti to shimmering mirages and green oases, deserts evoke contradictory images in us. They are lands of desolation, but also of romance, of blistering Mojave heat and biting Gobi cold. Covering a quarter of the earth’s land mass and providing a home to half a billion people, they are both a physical reality and landscapes of the mind. The idea of the desert has long captured Western imagination, put on display in films and literature, but these portrayals often fail to capture the true scope and diversity of the people living there. Bridging the scientific and cultural gaps between perception and reality, The Desert celebrates our fascination with these arid lands and their inhabitants, as well as their importance both throughout history and in the world today. Covering an immense geographical range, Michael Welland wanders from the Sahara to the Atacama, depicting the often bizarre adaptations of plants and animals to these hostile environments. He also looks at these seemingly infertile landscapes in the context of their place in history—as the birthplaces not only of critical evolutionary adaptations, civilizations, and social progress, but also of ideologies. Telling the stories of the diverse peoples who call the desert home, he describes how people have survived there, their contributions to agricultural development, and their emphasis on water and its scarcity. He also delves into the allure of deserts and how they have been used in literature and film and their influence on fashion, art, and architecture. As Welland reveals, deserts may be difficult to define, but they play an active role in the evolution of our global climate and society at large, and their future is of the utmost importance. Entertaining, informative, and surprising, The Desert is an intriguing new look at these seemingly harsh and inhospitable landscapes.
Download or read book Walking Sideways written by Judith S. Weis and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's nearly 7,000 species of crabs are immediately recognizable by their claws, sideways movement, stalked eyes, and thick outer shells. These common crustaceans are found internationally, thriving in various habitats from the edge of the sea to the depths of the ocean, in fresh water or on land. Despite having the same basic body type as decapod crustaceans-true crabs have heavy exoskeletons and ten limbs with front pincer claws-crabs come in an enormous variety of shapes and sizes, from the near microscopic to the giant Japanese spider crab. In Walking Sideways, Judith S. Weis provides an engaging and informative tour of the remarkable world of crabs, highlighting their unique biology and natural history. She introduces us to recently discovered crabs such as the Yeti crab found in deep sea vents, explains what scientists are learning about blue and hermit crabs commonly found at the shore, and gives us insight into the lifecycles of the king and Dungeness crabs typically seen only on dinner plates. Among the topics Weis covers are the evolution and classification of crabs, their habitats, unique adaptations to water and land, reproduction and development, behavior, ecology, and threats, including up-to-date research. Crabs are of special interest to biologists for their communication behaviors, sexual dimorphism, and use of chemical stimuli and touch receptors, and Weis explains the importance of new scientific discoveries. In addition to the traditional ten-legged crabs, the book also treats those that appear eight-legged, including hermit crabs, king crabs, and sand crabs. Sidebars address topics of special interest, such as the relationship of lobsters to crabs and medical uses of compounds derived from horseshoe crabs (which aren't really crabs). While Weis emphasizes conservation and the threats that crabs face, she also addresses the use of crabs as food (detailing how crabs are caught and cooked) and their commercial value from fisheries and aquaculture. She highlights other interactions between crabs and people, including keeping hermit crabs as pets or studying marine species in the laboratory and field. Reminding us of characters such as The Little Mermaid's Sebastian and Sherman Lagoon's Hawthorne, she also surveys the role of crabs in literature (for both children and adults), film, and television, as well in mythology and astrology. With illustrations that offer delightful visual evidence of crab diversity and their unique behaviors, Walking Sideways will appeal to anyone who has encountered these fascinating animals on the beach, at an aquarium, or in the kitchen.
Download or read book The Sand Crab Emerita Talpoida Say and Some of Its Relatives written by Robert E. Snodgrass and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sand Crab Digging written by Zen Faulkes and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sand crabs (Anomura: Hippoidea) have evolved a "new" means of locomotion: they use their thoracic legs to dig into the sand instead of walking on the benthos as many other decapod crustaceans do. I examined digging by three sand crab species of two families, Blepharipoda occidentalis (Albuneidae), Lepidopa californica (Albuneidae) and Emerita analoga (Hippidae). There are several features common to both sand crab families, suggesting that digging has evolved only once in the sand crabs. The leg tip trajectories are similar, with leg 4 circling in the opposite direction to legs 2 and 3 when viewed from the side; contralateral legs tend to alternate; the "tail" (abdomen in albuneids; uropods in hippids) cycles at higher frequencies than the legs; and the interjoint coordination of a single given leg (e.g., leg 2) is similar in B. occidentalis and E. analoga. There are also features that distinguish the two families. During digging by the albuneids, serially homologous contralateral legs initially alternate, but switch midway through a digging episode to moving synchronously. In E. analoga, the legs 2 and 3 move in bilateral alternation throughout the dig, but the legs 4 can move in bilateral synchrony and a higher frequency than legs 2 and 3 (≈ the uropods' frequency). There are also some similarities between sand crab digging and walking by other decapods, suggesting the two behaviours may be homologous. The coordination of ipsilateral legs on one side of an animal is generally similar in digging and closely related walking species, and there are no obvious differences in the distal leg motor neurons in sand crabs and some walking species. Digging and walking differ in that there are rapid "tail" movements during digging but not walking, and that serially homologous digging legs are more specialised in their motor output than walking legs. The interjoint coordination of legs 2 and 3 resemble backward walking motor patterns by other decapods, whereas that of leg 4 is more similar to forward walking. This suggests that digging is an evolutionary mosaic, comprised of several modified ancestral locomotor behaviours (backward walking in legs 2 and 3, forward walking in leg 4, and tailflipping).
Download or read book Sand Crab Goes to the Beach written by Jonh McMayer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandy, a vibrant and energetic crab, embarks on an exciting journey with her friends, on a sunny day at the beach. Together, they explore the wonders of the coast, from building sand castles to diving in the crystal clear waters." Sandy's Adventures on the Beach' is an enchanting story that celebrates the magic of friendship and the simple beauty of moments shared by the sea.
Download or read book The Sand Crab written by Cecilia Minden and published by Little Blossom Stories. This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Little Blossom Stories book, Brad and Brin search the beach for a sand crab. Uses decodable text, a repetition of sight words, and vowel sounds to increase readability. Focuses on the phonics skill of decoding consonant blends. Original illustrations help guide readers through the story.
Download or read book Sammy the Curious Sand Crab written by Bobbi Anne Rodriguez and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most crabs are content under the ocean, but not Sammy! This little sand crab craves adventure. But when his curiosity leads him into a lobsterman's trap, Sammy finds himself on more of an adventure than he ever thought possible. New sights and strange creatures join our little crab as he explores the world around him on his journey back to the ocean, and gives us a glimpse of one of the lovely islands that lies off the coast of Maine.
Download or read book Local Variation in Populations of the Sand Crab Emerita Analoga on Sandy Beaches in Southern California written by Jenifer E. Dugan and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Where the Ocean Meets the sand written by Beth Costanzo and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you like to walk in the sand along the beach? Dip your toes in the tide? Where The Ocean Meets the Sand details the fun, the creatures, and the excitement found as the waves roll to the shore.
Download or read book Life in the Chesapeake Bay written by Alice Jane Lippson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-06-19 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the Chesapeake Bay is the most important book ever published on America's largest estuary. Since publication of the first edition in 1984, tens of thousands of naturalists, boaters, fishermen, and conservationists have relied on the book's descriptions of the Bay's plants, animals, and diverse habitats. Superbly illustrated and clearly written, this acclaimed guide describes hundreds of plants and animals and their habitats, from diamondback terrapins to blue crabs to hornshell snails. Now in its third edition, the book has been updated with a new gallery of thirty-nine color photographs and dozens of new species descriptions and illustrations. The new edition retains the charm of an engaging classic while adding a decade of new research. This classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers—year-round residents and summer vacationers, professional biologists and amateur scientists, conservationists and sportsmen.
Download or read book Sand Crab Population Structure Report written by Adrian M. Wenner and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
