This film is a simple ecological study of animals whose structure and habits enable them to live on rocky shores both above and below the low-tide mark. The following animals are seen: the common starfish, brittle star, sea urchin, sea stickleback and gobies, the swimming crab, the whelk, the hermit crab (seen climbing into a shell), sea anenomes, polyp clava, and the sea-aquirt ciona. Between tide-marks on the exposed rock surface, mussels, limpets, winkles, and acorn barnacles are seen. The whole series of animals is related to problems of life on the rocky shore.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
000418
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Animal behavior
Animals & Wildlife → Animal ecology
Animals & Wildlife → Animals - Habitations
Animals & Wildlife → Marine biology
Animals & Wildlife → Marine ecology
Animals & Wildlife → Marine fauna
Animals & Wildlife → Nature study
Childrens Films → Children 6-12
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Coastal ecology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Marine ecology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Marine fauna
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Marine biology
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)