Do you know the best way to tell the difference between a plant and an animal? You can't always tell by just looking. Some plants look like animals and some animals look like plants. At the bottom of the sea, there is a living thing that looks like a flower growing out of the sand. But if a fish swims by a touches the "flower's" petals, the fish gets cought. A little mouth opens up in the middle of the "flower" and into it goes the fish! Do plants have mouths? Can they eat things? No. No plant in the word have mouth .And most green plants make their own food from sunshine, air, and water.But animals can't make their food. They must eat Now the "flower" on the sea bottom moves.It slides slowly over the sand. Can a plant move? No. Once a plant sprouts up from its seed it stays in the same place unless it is moved by man, an animal, or the wind. But most animals can move by themeselves. So this living thing at the bottom of the sea is not a plant, because it moves and eats. It is an animal called a sea anemone. If a living thing moves about and eats, it is an animal.
