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American Lobster - Activities and games

• Crossword puzzle
• Cootie catcher
• Stereogram

In this section, you will find a crossword puzzle as well as a cootie catcher (or fortune-teller game) to print, allowing you to test your knowledge after surfing the site. You will also find a stereogram.

Crossword puzzle

PDF version of the Crossword puzzle:
Game (PDF format, 81 KB) | Solution (PDF format, 89 KB)

crossword

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1. Another word for claw A. The Latin name for lobster
2. Change of carapace B. Number of legs of a lobster
3. Name given to the extension of the cephalothorax located between the eyes C. Other name for walking legs
4. Small swimmeret located under the abdomen D. Colour of a cooked lobster
5. Sensory organ used for touching and detecting odours E. Part of the body made of the head and the thorax
6. Central part of the lobster's tail F. Period during which the lobster is most active
7. I am a prey of the lobster G. I am in a certain way the liver
8. Colour of my blood H. Name given to the first three stages of the lobster's life stages
9. Name given to the 4th stage in the lobster's life cycle, when it prepares to establish on the bottom I. I protect the body of the lobster and I form the external skeleton
10. I resemble a lobster but I do not have large claws and I live in tropical seas J. Name given to a white lobster
11. With what do we catch lobsters? K. The American lobster lives in North America. Where does its closest relative live (the one that resembles it the most)?
12. Part of the body made of six segments L. It happens rarely that I am completely of this colour
13. The claw that enables a lobster to break up the shell or carapace of its preys M. A crustacean that is eaten by the lobster
14. The claw that enables a lobster to tear up the flesh of its preys
15. Helps to maintain the claws closed while manipulating a lobster
16. I am a part of the mouth an I am used to grossly tear up the flesh of preys
17. Sometimes I am brown with many yellow spots. They say I resemble the fur of a big cat. Which one?
18. I look like a small lobster but I live in freshwater

SOLUTION

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Cootie catcher

PDF version of the cootie catcher:
Instructions (PDF format, 621 KB) | Cootie catcher (PDF format, 1.1 MB)

Cootie catcher

Folding instructions for the "cootie catcher game".

 
Instruction - 1 Instruction - 2
  • Fold the sheet in half vertically then horizontally to obtain four squares as shown on the diagram.
  • Fold the corners towards the center of the sheet. Flip over.
Instruction - 3 Instruction - 4
  • Repeat previous instructions (no 2).
  • Flip the square over: you now have four square pockets.
Instruction - 5 Instruction - 6
  • Fold the shape in half as shown on the diagram.
  • Slip your fingers into the four pockets.
You did it! You created your cootie catcher game.

The Lobster

Dorsal View

 

Ventral View

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Stereogram

By focussing on the image, you should be able to see a three-dimensional lobster appear. There are two techniques that can be used: :

  1. Move the image close to your face, and begin moving it away slowly while focussing on the image. You should see the lobster appear. It is important not to blink.
  2. Look at the image while staring at it for a few seconds (the image needs to become blurry). Continue looking at the image while restoring your vision. The lobster should appear. It is important not to blink.

© Kurt Fleischer et Eric Winfree
Sterogram


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