Marine Invertebrates
Skill Level
2
Year
1956
Version
21.12.2024
Approval authority
General Conference
Overview
The Challenging Part
The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:
2. Make a collection or photographs of the following seashore animals:
- a. Three kinds of crabs
- b. One kind of sea star
- c. Any other five animals listed in requirement 1.
- Hard-bodied animals, such as crabs, sea star, and chitons, may be killed in a 5% solution of formaldehyde or a 70% solution of alcohol, and then dried by a fire. The sun will cause the color to fade. Soft-bodied animals must be kept in a 3% solution of formaldehyde or a 70% solution of alcohol. If commercial formalin is used in place of formaldehyde, the above percentage figures should be doubled.
