Little Monsters of the Ocean: Metamorphosis under the Waves

Little Monsters of the Ocean: Metamorphosis under the Waves by Montgomery, Heather L.. library edition. ISBN: 9781541528987.

Bizarre creatures are floating around in our oceans―squishy, slimy, spiky-headed monsters. And theyre not even grown up yet! These kids have to go through some drastic changes before they get to be adults. Everyone knows that caterpillars and tadpoles go through metamorphosis, but so do some of the most monstrous creatures under the sea. Take the spiky-headed zoea, somersaulting through the water on her way to becoming a blue crab. Or the gnathiid larva that sucks the fluid right out of a fishs eyeball through his needle-like mouth. That is, until hes full enough to become an adult that doesnt eat anything. Or the moon jellyfish that starts off as a small, orange blob and eventually plants itself on the seafloor and produces not one but many adult jellyfish. Dive deep with these little monsters of the ocean to follow along as they go through drastic changes on their way to growing up.