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How do invertebrates survive without bones?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 11/14/2022

They have body shapes and structures that are supported by fluid pressure (worms), may have an external skeleton or shell (snails, insects, crabs, corals, echinoderms), or may live in water where the water supports them (octopus, anemones).

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∙ 12y ago

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What are animals without a back bones called?

Invertebrates.

Why do worms not have a skeleton?

Because they are invertebrates.. Invertebrates are animals without backbones, therefore they have no other bones either.

In science what are animals without back bones?

Animals without backbones are called invertebrates.

Is there any livingbeing without bones?

Jellyfish, slug, snail, crab, octopus, all invertebrates have no bones.

Do invertebrates without bones have something rigid for their muscles to pull against?

Many invertebrates have shells or exoskeletons which can be used to anchor muscles.

Is monkey invertebrates?

no, invertibrates are animals without bones like an earth worm WRITTEN BY KSHANIAH

What animals are invertebrates insects snails lobsters?

All of these (insects, snails, lobsters) are invertebrates without internal skeletons or back bones.

Does a mollusc have bones?

no, they are invertebrates

Are goats invertebrates?

No, they have bones.

Animals that do not have internal skeletons or backbones are called?

Animals without back bones are called Invertebrates.

How do ghosts speak without vocal chords?

The same way they survive without bones

What is the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates muscular system?

just bones actually..vertebrates have bones and invertebrates got none..