If you were to take a walk along the ________________, you might not see a _________________ limpet clinging to a rock because it could be as tiny as your ____________________ .

However, some limpets can be the size of a _____________ or a quarter. Its shell will be shaped like a _________________ straw

hat and ________________ soft gray, blue, or brown.

Occasionally, when the tide is _________________, the limpet leaves its place on the rocks and goes out in ______________ of food. It slowly _____________ along using its flat, ______________ foot. It won't travel far, usually just a few _______________, or two or three feet. Limpets love to eat _______________, but they usually eat tender algae that cover stone and _________________ with a slippery green film. A limpet's tongue, called a radula, is well _________________ to scraping the surface of the place where _________________ grow. As the tide begins to fall, the limpet stops eating and goes back home. It usually follows the _________________ that it took on its way out. When the limpet reaches the area where it lives, it won't _________________ down to rest until it has found the special _________________ that belongs to it. This place has marks and _________________ that fit only it and no other limpet. _________________ are learning all about limpets, but there are still many _________________ questions about the tiny sea animal.

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