Wetlands

1. Wetlands By: Sohaila Sallam

2. Wetlands

3. Wetlands • Wetlands are areas of land where water covers the soil all year or just at certain times of the year. They are all around the world except for Antarctica. They include: • SwampsMudflats • Mangroves, Marshes • Bogs Billabongs • Fens Lake • PeatlandsSaltmarshes • Lagoons

4. Wetland Animals • Tiger Trout • American Bullfrog • Mallard Duck • American Beaver Tiger Salamander

5. Tiger Trout • How do they live there? Many Tiger Trout are born in wetlands. The thick plants make a great hide-out from predators. • What do they eat? As food, Tiger Trout eat insects.

6. American Bullfrog • How do they live there? In the winter, American Bullfrogs hibernate so they wouldn’t freeze. Unlike other frogs, the American Bullfrog hibernates underwater. Some people think that like turtles, they dig a whole in the mud and sleep there. They actually don’t. They would die if they stayed in a place without oxygen for too long. • What do they eat? American Bullfrogs eat about anything they can fit into their mouths.

7. Tiger Salamander • How do they live? Tiger salamanders are eaten by badgers, snakes, bobcats, and owls. They avoid being eaten by threatening the predators with their poisoned tails. They wave it around until the predator leaves. They also have a sensor, which tells them that a predator is near. • What do they eat? Salamanders eat almost any living creature. Often, they eat maggots, Mysis, springtails, buffalo worms, fruit-flies, or crickets. Sometimes, tiger salamanders are born in fish hatcheries and feed on small fish and their eggs.

8. Mallard Duck • How do they live? Mallard Ducks fly south for the winter. They fly in groups of 10-20. Not always like that, they can even fly in groups up to 100 ducks! • What do they eat? Mallard Ducks are omnivores, which means that they only eat Plants.

9. American Beaver • How do they live? American Beavers live in homes called lodges. They build them in the middle of the lake. Beavers build their entrance underwater so the predators cannot enter. Lodges are a safe place to hide from their predators, like: wolves, coyotes, bears, and owls. • What do they eat? Beaverseat bark, from trees.

10. Wetland Plants • Baltic Rush • Stream Orchid • Cattails • Arrow Grass

11. The Weather • The temperature depends, it might be 58ºf, 51ºf, or even 122ºf • The rainfall is about 1770mm-2000mm

12. Human Activities People pollute the air People pollute the water

13. Why? • Why does air pollution happen? Air pollution happens because people make factories in the city. People also have a lot of cars. This is bad because some birds that fly may get sick. • Why does water pollution happen? Some people throw their garbage in the water. This is bad because the fish eat it, then they get sick.

14. How to prevent • You can prevent air pollution by making the factories in the middle of the desert, and don’t go near wetlands with a lot of cars. If you are going in a group, try to use as less cars as possible. • You can prevent water pollution by not throwing your garbage into wetlands.

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