Animal Classification: The Invertebrates Song

This song teaches about animal classification, specifically focusing on invertebrates. It is a follow up to our earlier VERTEBRATES song. Subscribe! ➜    / hopscotchsongs   Visit the Hopscotch Website ➜ https://www.hopscotchsongs.com BOUNDARIES BOOK➜ https://www.calisbooks.com/pages/hops... YOTO Cards (USA) ➜ https://tidd.ly/3Iy0lsP YOTO Cards (UK) ➜ https://tidd.ly/44TRhaa YOTO (AUS)➜ https://tidd.ly/4lRnvsu Download the song ➜ coming soon Karaoke/backing track ➜ coming soon Voices Shark: Lance Long Everyone: Chorus/intro/bridge Arthropods: Alexa Thompson Echinoderms: Amy Whitcomb: Cnidarians: (Anonymous by choice) Mollusks and Worms (nematodes): Joanna Pace Sponges: Tim Condor Worms (Platyhelminthes): Courtney Bateman Worms (annelids): Matt Pace Additional Voices Kaname Emerson Theodore Drums: Lucas Seoane Guitar/Keys: Matt Pace Bass: Akin-Alade Ogo - Instagram: @anomaly22 Strings (cello, viola, double bass) : Sérgio Rabello Mixing and Mastering: Dee Kei Mixes Visuals: Pipalupa Music Production Matt Pace Song by Matt and Joanna What do you think about this song? Reach out! ↓ Instagram: / hopscotchsongs TikTok/ @hopscotchsongs Facebook: / hopscotchsongs Website: https://www.hopscotchsongs.com Hopscotch Español ➜ / @hopscotchespanol Hopscotch Mandarin Chinese ➜ / @hopscotchmandarinchinese Hopscotch Hindi ➜ / @hopscotchhindi Hopscotch Svenska ➜ / @hopscotchsvenska Lyrics: They said we’re “fake fish”, But we were first to evolve. They said we’re spineless, (it’s true) We have no bones at all Invertebrate means we don’t have a backbone We’re cold-blooded Some have shells, and some don’t Arthropods, Echinoderms Cnidarians, Mollusks, Sponges, Worms Arthropods, Echinoderms Cnidarians, Molluscs, Sponges, Worms We are arthropods, more than 80% of animals [species of animal] We have exoskeletons: our strong outer shells Some fly, some swim, and most lay eggs You can tell us apart by our number of legs: 6 - Insects 8 - Arachnids 10 - Crustaceans, and then Myriapods have more than 10 Echinoderms have spiny skin , and like saltwater We’re sea- urchins, cucumbers, stars, and sand dollars And also sea lilies. Now everybody listen: We move, eat, and breathe through our water vascular system Jellyfish We’re cnidarians, with coral and anemones We have a beautiful, radial symmetry We will sting you unless you’re a friend We eat and poop out of the very same end. (Spiral nematode: 🤨🥴😳(Eeugh!) We don’t have organs, no body cavity Some stay in one place, and some swim free. too different? Have more of a beat. We Mollusks are soft, but some make shells in odd shapes Many of us have a radula, a tongue that scrapes. We include bivalves, like clams, and cephalopods like me (show octopus and squid as well) But most of us are snails and slugs Who live on the land, in freshwater, or the sea. Sea Sponge We are sponges, also called poriferans Because our skin has pores, that’s the difference I started out swimming, but now I guess I’ll Attach at the base, baby. That’s called sessile 3 worms (Earthworm, Spiral Nematode, and Flatworm): So like, we’re worms, but can you believe this song is lumping us all into one category? Yea, there are like 9 different phyla (show), and we have nothing in common. (they look around at each other, looking somewhat similar). look… Many of us are Annelids: segmented worms and leeches (leeches) Or Nematodes, called roundworms. Some found in your breeches (breeches)____ Platyhelminthes, - f-flatworms to you (you)____ Only a few are p-p-parasites, too ____ From the microscopic myxozoan To the rare colossal squid Just remember who________ Came before you:________ Invertebrates did! Arthropods, Echinoderms Cnidarians, Mollusks, Sponges, Worms Arthropods, Echinoderms Cnidarians, Molluscs, Sponges, Worms Copyright © 2025 Hopscotch