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Invertebrates

Animals that have not an internal skeleton

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

ISome invertebrate animals have hard covers that protect their body (shells: 1 piece/ 2 pieces, very hard shells or thinner shells)

Others don´t have any kind of protective covering
All invertebrate animals are oviparous: they are born from eggs

Snails have 1 shell

Mussels have 2 pieces

The beetle´s shell is thinner

​​Crabs have a very big and hard shell​

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