Trails & Tales of Living Seashells
Trails & Tales of Living
Seashells is a collage of
video clips that includes
mollusks and other sea
creatures. Watch as curious
trails in the sand are followed
in order to find the mollusk or
other animal that made them.
You will see exceptional footage of scallops that shows detailed anatomy not seen in Mollusks in Action.
The byssus of an Atlantic pearl oyster is explored. Learn how oysters and mussels attach themselves to objects using hair-like filaments and an amazing adhesive.
Watch an experiment to test the escape response of a small snail when it encounters a predator.
Learn about sand dollars, sea stars, barnacles, brittle stars and spiny urchins. Live footage will give you a better understanding of these interesting animals.
The DVD is divided into chapters so it can be viewed in its entirety or in segments.