Sunday, September 6, 2015

Exoskeleton

This is a photo of a very large spider (that I refused to get too close to). This spider, much like other insects such as grasshoppers and cockroaches as well as various crustaceans and shelled mollusks, has an exoskeleton. Exoskeletons serve as an external support structure that protect all of the animals internal functions, these skeletons are also known as "shells".

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