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Massasauga Rattlesnake & The Trout Family. By: Kelsey Fleck. Massasauga Rattlesnake. Appearance. The adults are about 45-75 cm in length Grey or tan ground color Has a rattle at the end of its tail that it shakes, basically to say “back off”
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Massasauga Rattlesnake & The Trout Family By: Kelsey Fleck
Appearance • The adults are about 45-75 cm in length • Grey or tan ground color • Has a rattle at the end of its tail that it shakes, basically to say “back off” • Small holes on each side of its face to see in the dark • Young massasaugarattlesnakes are paler
Habitat • Found in Southwestern Ontario, Georgian Bay, Bruce Peninsula and Southeastern Niagara Peninsula. • Prefers swamps and marshes to grasslands • Hibernates deep underground in rock caves, roots or animal holes where it spends its winters
The Trout Family The 4 predominate types of trout found in Ontario are the Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Brown Trout and the Lake Trout.
Rainbow Trout • Habitat: Moderate size rivers with flow and gravel bottoms. Deep cool lakes. • Food: Their main diet consists of Insects, fish eggs and smaller fish • Appearance: They are torpedo shaped and are generally blue, green and yellow in color with a pink streak down the sides of their bodies. They have white underbellies with black spots on their back and fins.
Brook Trout • Habitat: They are found in North America in small streams, creeks, lakes and spring ponds. • Food: They feed on aquatic and terrestrial insects, smaller fish and sometimes crayfish. • Appearance: It is green-brown basic coloration with a marbled pattern. The belly and lower fins are a distinct red and their fins are outlined with white.
Brown Trout • Habitat: They tend to live in cool rivers and lakes, and they usually hide in undercut banks, stream debris and under rocks • Food: The young ones feed on insects mostly and as they get older they feed on other fish and animals that fall into the lake, birds and mice • Appearance: Olive green to a dark brown back, Silver-yellowish sides and yellow-whitish bellies
Lake Trout • Habitat: They thrive in cold waters and the deeper the water is the better. The young mostly hide in rocky shoals or sandbars • Diet: The young feed on small water bugs, crayfish and freshwater shrimp. Adults feed on small white fish, sculpins and minnows • Appearance: The body is usually a white or yellowish spots on a dark green to grayish background, sometimes the two bottom fins have a yellow-orangish tint to them
