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If you’re standing on the coast and feeling as though someone left you high and dry, you’re in the high intertidal region. Here, creatures are adapted to eke out a more terrestrial existence. Because the high intertidal region doesn’t get a lot of wave action, its inhabitants need to be better equipped to survive heat, sun, lack of moisture, and saltier water. (Water becomes saltier as it evaporates, leaving the salt behind.)

Common critters found higher in the intertidal zone are invertebrates that are better adapted to resist desiccation (drying out), such as snails, limpets, barnacles, and other animals with shells. Some of these animals store seawater in their shells to prevent them from drying out, sort of like carrying around their own reusable water bottles.