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Salamander,
Snake,
and Other
Critter Tales
by Jerry Bush
A
8
s the grandchildren moved anxiously along the
streambank, their voices grew several decibels louder
than the Pennsylvania brook we were exploring.
Suddenly, one of my grandsons began yelling, " Papa, papa, look
what I found! " The boy was squatting, with his backside well
below his knees, and his shorts touched the water's surface. As I
moved closer, he pointed to a bronze crayfish blending perfectly
with the brown rocks surrounding it. After reminding him that
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we had located a dark green crayfish in a pond where we fish, I
asked why this one was brown. With a prideful grin, the boy told
me that many creatures blend with their surroundings to protect
them. After assuring him he was correct, I slowly reached into
the water and lifted it, so he and the other kids could feel its soft
underside and plated back. " Those pinchers and that plating also
help protect it. "
A snail was the next creature we observed. Not being a snail
expert, I used my cell phone for information about the mollusk
to share with the children. We learned that snails cannot live
without their shells and need calcium and protein to create
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