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doing the amazon rainforest

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there beck is very interesting

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Cuban Trogon habitat and what they feed off of

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Cuban Trogon habitat and what they feed off of

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They prefer wet and dry forests of all altitudes and like to be in the shade as opposed to the sun. The Cuban Trogon nests in already created crevices in trees, primarily abandoned wood pecker holes.The Cuban Trogon feeds on flowers, fruits, and insects. Unlike most birds, it is capable of hovering while eating.

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the rainforest am doing is the ohia'-lehua

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the rainforest am doing is the ohia'-lehua

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according to this page http://www.ct.gov/dEep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=326048&deepNav_GID=1655 muskrats live 1-4 years in the wild

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Their are several different type of species living in the Amazon Rainforest.

* 40, 000 plant species

*3, 000 fish species

*more than 370 types of reptiles

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Muskrats are semi-aquatic and prefer locations with four to six feet of water.

Muskrats are found in ponds, lakes, and swamps, but their favorite locations are marshes, where the water level stays constant.

Marshes provide the best vegetation for eating and constructing nests and burrows.

Muskrats find shelter in bank burrows and nests that they build.

Bank burrows are tunnels excavated in a bank.

Nests are made by piling vegetation on top of a solid base, for example a tree stump, generally in 15 to 40 inches of water.

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Ondatra zibethicus

What do they look like?

Muskrats have large, robust bodies, with a total body length of twelve and a half inches. The tail is flat and scaly and is nine and a half inches in length. Muskrats have dense fur that traps air underneath for insulation and buoyancy. Their heads are very large and their ears are almost invisible underneath the fur. Muskrats have short legs and big feet; their rear feet are webbed for swimming. Adult muskrats have glossy upperparts that are dark brown, darker in winter and paler in the summer

Where do they live?

Muskrats are only native to the Nearctic region, but have been introduced to the Palearctic and Neotropical regions. They are found throughout North America as far south as the southern United States, they are excluded from the southernmost portions of the United States by lack of appropriate habitat. The placed muskrats have been introduced to are Japan, parts of South America, Scandinavia, and Russia.

What kind of habitat do they need?

Muskrats are semi-aquatic and prefer locations with four to six feet of water. Muskrats are found in ponds, lakes, and swamps, but their favorite locations are marshes, where the water level stays constant. Marshes provide the best vegetation for eating and constructing nests and burrows. Muskrats find shelter in bank burrows and nests that they build. Bank burrows are tunnels excavated in a bank. Nests are made by piling vegetation on top of a solid base, for example a tree stump, generally in 15 to 40 inches of water.

How long do they live?

Although muskrats have been known to live to 10 years old in captivity, they probably live about 3 years in the wild.

How do they behave?

Muskrats live in large family groups with definite territories. If conditions are crowded, females will kick their offspring out of the group. Muskrats continue to live in large groups even when they fight amongst themselves. Muskrats are active at all times of the day but most active from mid-afternoon until just after dusk, and at night. Muskrats are good swimmers and can stay underwater for about 15 minutes. They paddle with their large, webbed rear feet and use their long, flat, and scaly tail to change their direction. Muskrats move slowly on land. They are affected by quick changes in temperature, and dry, hot weather is especially bad for them. Their homes and burrows protect them from the elements. Muskrats also have a special adaptation called regional heterothermia, which regulates the flow of blood to the feet and tail, allowing these structures to be cooler than the body core. This adaptation allows them to stay warm in cold water.

How do they communicate with each other?

Muskrats communicate by a secretion from their glands called musk. This scent also serves to warn intruders. They are capable of vocalizing by squeaks and squeals. Muskrats have poorly developed senses of sight, hearing, and smell.

What do they eat?

Muskrats are mainly vegetarians but will eat animals as well. Muskrats consume about one-third of their weight every day. Their digestive system is designed for green vegetation. In the summer they eat the roots of aquatic plants. In the winter, they swim under the surface ice to get to the plants. Muskrats also eat agricultural crops.

What eats them and how do they avoid being eaten?

Muskrats are excellent swimmers and can evade many predators by escaping into water or into their burrows and nests. They can remain under water for up to 15 minutes.

What roles do they have in the ecosystem?

Muskrats are very abundant in areas of good habitat, making them important prey animals for predator populations. By grazing on vegetation, muskrats influence the composition of local plant communities.

Do they cause problems?

Muskrats not only eat the grain on a farm but they have also been known to plug the drain tiles on farms. Muskrats have a habit of building their homes around dikes. These homes make the dikes weak and eventually destroy the structure

How do they interact with us?

Muskrat fur is important in the fur industry. Also meat from muskrats is suitable for human consumption, though it is not widely eaten.

body parts are source of valuable material

Are they endangered?

Muskrats are widespread and abundant. Populations remain stable even when they are being hunted for fur, affected by disease, or a target for large predator populations because muskrats have the ability to reproduce quickly.

Contributors

Toni Lynn Newell (author), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

References

Baker, R.H. 1983. Michigan Mammals. Michigan State University Press. United States of America.

"Animal Life Histories Database" (On-line).

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BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Ondatra zibethicus, muskrat: INFORMATION

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Ondatra zibethicus Muskrats have large, robust bodies, with a total body length of twelve and a half inches. The tail is flat and scaly and is nine and a half inches in length. Muskrats have dense fur that traps air underneath for insulation and buoyancy.

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Eastern indigo snake eats PREY here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAGi1o3604U

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food,shelter,diet,threats

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One of the largest snakes in the world, the green anaconda can reach impressive proportions -- over 30 feet (9.1 m) in length, 12 inches (30.5 cm) in diameter and more than 550 lbs (250 kg)!

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The following link determine the carbon cyling in a rainforest.

https://www.llnl.gov/str/March06/Brown.html

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Wolfe Island Turtle

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the oriente cave rat ,and the west indian manatee are the species that intrest me the most in cuba's ecosystem because they seem most popular in cuba and they look more intresting than other animals or species.

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the peregrine falcon always has food because it eats OTHER BIRDS! while it is flying!

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i am interested in this species because they look cool

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i chose the peregrine falcon because it is the fastest animal ever

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Muskrats eat cattails

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The animal I have chosen is the Ulysses butterfly. I chose the Ulysses butterfly because of its bright blue wings that could be seen from miles away.  This butterfly can be found in every continent except for Antarctica. It is mostly found in tropical areas . The Ulysses butterfly gets its food from flowers.

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The animal I have chosen is the Ulysses butterfly. I chose the Ulysses butterfly because of its bright blue wings that could be seen from miles away.  This butterfly can be found in every continent except for Antarctica. It is mostly found in tropical areas . The Ulysses butterfly gets its food from flowers.

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Daintree rainforest

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daintree rainforest

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the angelfish, the butterfly fish, cardinal fish, damselfish, and the gobies

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cuba's temperatures are like 30-40 sometimes rainy and sometimes sunny.

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the microlohus albemarlemsis eat insects like moths, flies beetles etc. they also feed on athropods likes spiders,and centipedes and birds

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The koala has many predators such as Dingos, Hawks, powerful Owls, and wedge tailed eagles.

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Muskrat

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The trees in the amazon rainforest are homes

to several different type of species

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Cladogram based on the molecular analysis by Andersen and colleagues published in 2017.

Kookaburras (pronounced ) are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28 and 47 cm (11 and 19 in) in length and weigh around 300 g (11 oz). The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri guuguubarra, onomatopoeic of its call. The loud, distinctive call of the laughing kookaburra is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve an Australian bush setting or tropical jungle, especially in older movies.

They are found in habitats ranging from humid forest to arid savannah, as well as in suburban areas with tall trees or near running water. Though they belong to the larger group known as " kingfishers", kookaburras are not closely associated with water.

The genus Dacelo was introduced by English zoologist William Elford Leach in 1815. The type species is the laughing kookaburra. The name Dacelo is an anagram of alcedo, the Latin word for a kingfisher. A molecular study published in 2017 found that the genus Dacelo, as then defined, was paraphyletic. The shovel-billed kookaburra was previously classified in the monotypic genus Clytoceyx, but was reclassified into Dacelo based on phylogenetic evidence.

Five species of kookaburra can be found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands:

The laughing and blue-winged species are direct competitors in the area where their ranges now overlap. This suggests that these two species evolved in isolation, possibly during a period when Australia and New Guinea were more distant.[citation needed ]

Kookaburras are sexually dimorphic. This is noticeable in the blue-winged and the rufous-bellied, where males have blue tails and females have reddish-brown tails.

Close-up of a kookaburra in Sydney, Australia

Kookaburras are almost exclusively carnivorous, eating mice, snakes, insects, small reptiles, and the young of other birds. Unlike many other kingfishers, they rarely eat fish, although they have been known to take goldfish from garden ponds. In zoos, they are usually fed food suitable for birds of prey.

Although most birds will accept handouts and take meat from barbecues, feeding kookaburras ground beef or pet food is not advised, because they do not include enough calcium and roughage.

They are territorial, except for the rufous-bellied, which often live with their young from the previous season. They often sing as a chorus to mark their territory.[citation needed ]

All kookaburra species are listed as least concern. Australian law protects native birds, including kookaburras.

Spangled kookaburra

The distinctive sound of the laughing kookaburra's call resembles human laughter, is widely used in filmmaking and television productions, as well as certain Disney theme-park attractions, regardless of African, Asian, or South American jungle settings. Kookaburras have also appeared in several video games, including (, Battletoads, and World of Warcraft). The children's television series includes an Australian character called "Kookaburra" (or "Kook"), whose costume includes decorative wings that recall the bird's plumage, and who is noted for his distinctive, high-pitched laugh. Olly the Kookaburra was one of the three mascots chosen for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The other mascots were Millie the Echidna and Syd the Platypus. The call of a kookaburra nicknamed "Jacko" was for many years used as the morning opening theme by ABC radio stations, and for Radio Australia's overseas broadcasts.

The opening theme from ABC was the basis for a children's book by Brooke Nicholls titled Jacko, the Broadcasting Kookaburra - His Life and Adventures.[14][13]

In William Arden's 1969 book, The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow (one of the Three Investigators series for young readers), the laughing kookaburra is integral to the plot.[15]

Three newly hatched kookaburra chicks

A male blue-winged kookaburra

"Kookaburra [sits in the old gum tree]", a well-known children's song, was written in 1932 by Marion Sinclair.

B.C.O.F. kookaburra stamp first issued in 1946.

A six-pence stamp was issued in 1914.

A three-pence commemorative Australian stamp was issued for the 1928 Melbourne International Philatelic Exhibition.

A six-pence stamp was issued in 1932.

A 38¢ Australian stamp issued in 1990 features a pair of kookaburras.[19]

An international $1.70 Australian stamp featuring an illustrated kookaburra was released in 2013.

A $1.10 laughing kookaburra stamp issued in 2020

Reverse of two ounce high relief Kookaburra proof coin from the Perth mint

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Cladogram based on the molecular analysis by Andersen and colleagues published in 2017. Kookaburras (pronounced ) are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28 and 47 cm (11 and 19 in) in length and weigh around 300 g (11 oz).

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there is fresh water for the snake to drink , the indigo snake eats the insects in the ground :

http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/2x5961394/usa_florida_indigo_snake_drymarchon_corais_couperi_1554R-471.jpg

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The Amazon is mostly water

and forests with a lot of grass and plants :

http://infactcollaborative.com/wp-content/uploads/2011

/12/Amazon-rainforest-facts-Amazon-Terrain.jpg

also look at this:

http://globalwarming.markey.house.gov/impactzones

/amazon/admin/pages/files/0001.jpg

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The Amazon is located in South America Brazil ....

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the indigo snakes get on our highways and roads .... sadly they get crushed :

http://www.oriannesociety.org/sites/default/files/blogs/road-mortality.jpg

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Eurasian Beavers in the Danube River in Europe

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the area of the amazon Rainforest is 5,500,000 km2

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Amazon

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1.Cuban Finch

2.Bee Hummingbir

3. | Cuban Trogon

4.Cuban Parakeet
5.Cuban Kite

| 6.Cuban Hutia

7.Greater Bulldog Bat.

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Animals that live in the Daintree Rainforest 

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Animals that live in the Daintree Rainforest 

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A couple species i've found in cuba were: the little goblin bat,the bee humming bird wich is the smallest bird in the world,the cuban boa, and last the cuban spotted toad.

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idigo snake

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the Swamps are the type of ecosystem i'm doing

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one in ten known species in the earth lives in the amazon

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The animal i chose was The Cuban Trogon bird that Its natural habitats are dry forests , moist forests , and heavily degraded former forest. I am interested in this species because of its beautiful unique colors. The colors it has is a green back, blue crown, red belly and beak, and white throat and chest.These colors represent the colors of the Cuban flag which is why it was chosen to be the national bird of Cuba.

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Alberta's land has a lot of industrial land use

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the microlophus albemarlemsis [lava lizards] live in the lowland dry zone of the Galapagos island

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I am doing an indigo snake and I will post more things shortly

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a map

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The Cuban Trogon or Tocororo is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Cuba, where it is also the national bird. Its natural habitats are dry forests, moist forests, and heavily degraded former forest

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Alberta

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The red part shows the great sandy desert

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_birds

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20-40 degrees in cuba

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Koala bears get there food from eating eucalyptus leaves, which is also the tree they live in. Since Koala bears don't drink that often they get most of the moisture/water they need from the eucalyptus leaves, which are made up of 50% water.

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some animals don't need water because they get enough moisture from the insect or plant they have eaten. the thorny devil alizard in the desert drinks water whenever it rains. it opens its mouth and lets the rain water go into it.

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since it is really hot in the day time; some animals go under rocks or trees to get shade and some go underground.

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Gombe national park features: forests running along the hills of the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika

Animals: chimpanzees beachcomber red tailed monkey birds snakes hippos and many more

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Native animals: animals that are in the environment by a natural cause, not because humans brought them there

they include: lizards, red kangaroos, bilbies and more

Feral animals: brought to a place by accident or on purpose

they include: foxes and feral cats in the desert.

The native animals are endangered because of the feral animals. the feral animals eat the native plants that are food for the native animals.

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bay of fundy has a water resource for their ecozone for the animals to live in

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The great sandy desert is very flat. As the name the desert is very sandy. You can even find low hills, salt lakes. The current vegetation is in tree or shrub form.

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Like any other desert the great sandy desert is dry but compared to others it receives alot of rain. Many thunderstorms take place in the desert too.

Summer days are very hot around 38-42 degrees celcius or even more.

Winter days are between 24-30 degrees celcius. But at night it can get or be freezing cold

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Many species of wattles are found in the desert

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Many species of wattles are found in the desert

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Desert walnut tree found in the great sandy desert

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Desert walnut tree found in the great sandy desert

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Soft spinifex

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Plants and fruits in the Daintree rainforest

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Plants and fruits in the Daintree rainforest