MEET LAUREN'S CRAYFISH

Here is Ryan's and my pet crayfish.

His name is 'BIG CLAW', which is very apt at the moment because when he last shed his shell, one of his claws didn't make it. He will grow a new one in time.

He lives in a tank and we feed him pellets.

He's a COOL pet.
Click on the picture of 'BIG CLAW' to learn more about keeping crayfish as pets or TALK to Lauren!

LAUREN'S SMELLY NEWS

Lauren always has
'different' TALK TIME. Today we didn't let the SMELL put us off finding out just WHAT her news was!


Lauren told us she has a 'pet' CRAYFISH. We were amazed when she explained this was the crayfish's SHELL. We thought it was a dead crayfish!




We wanted to know what happened to the crayfish if it didn't have a shell.
Lauren explained that it had grown bigger, so it got rid of this shell and there was a new one underneath.

We think CRAYFISH are CLEVER to do this.


IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CRAYFISH, CLICK ON THE PICTURE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BLUE CRAYFISH.

Here are some links to other animals that shed their skin or outer layer.
* CRABS
* TARANTULAS - go to Life Cycle

1M, do you know of any other animals that SHED their skin or outer layer as they grow?
LEAVE A COMMENT TO TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW OR EMAIL IN A PICTURE TO 1mgems@gmail.com.
MRS M :>)

LOOK WHAT WE'VE GOT TO SHOW

We have had lots of INTERESTING things brought in for TALK TIME lately. Here are some of our favourites.

Alistair said, "This is my pet fish.

He is a Goldfish. His name is Lachie.

That's my Dad's name too!

Every time I feed him, he comes right up to the top of the tank and gobbles it right up."

Sophia said, " These are 'lamb bones'. They were left over from the lamb we had for dinner. Mum washed and cleaned them. I don't know what part of the lamb they came from. Can you figure it out?

Johanna said, " My Granny's neighbour found this snake skin. It's from a PYTHON. They found it in their backyard. When my Granny first gave it to me, I was a bit scared! The snake got TOO big for it's skin, so it slid out and it had a new layer underneath. It keeps making new skin every time it gets BIGGER!

Emily said, " I have two things to show. This is part of a horse's hoof. I found it when I went to horseriding. It's like a piece of toenail."

"This is a little seahorse that my uncle caught when he went fishing. He was trying to catch a fish but got the seahorse. It's very tiny and feels hard."

Max said, " My grandma gave me these pictures. The 'dinosaur' was made by tearing up little bits of coloured paper and gluing them onto the picture.

The fish is a 'sand' picture. You put glue on the picture and sprinkle coloured sand over it."

This is the 'hand' I took to the 'Broncos' game. I waved it when the Broncos scored. They played the 'Cowboys' and they lost.

Jarvis said, " This is a mosquitofish. It is a pest in Australia. It eats the the baby mosquitoes and other insects.

Billee-Jane said, " I did these drawings. My Mum is teaching me to draw.

Matthew said, " I wear this shirt at football. It is my training shirt. I wear another shirt when i play and I get that at the game. My shorts are blue too. I play for the Wynnum Bugs."

Callum said, " My brother found this seed pod when he went on his excursion to St Helena Island. You can see it had 5 seeds in it. They were very big seeds.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE AND AMAZING THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO SHARE.

WE HAVE LEARNT SO MUCH ABOUT EACH OTHER AND OUR WORLD, HOW THINGS WORK AND HOW TO DO THINGS.

WHAT WILL YOU BRING INTO SHARE AT YOUR NEXT TALK TIME?

LEAVE A CLUE IN A COMMENT! :>)