within the Everglades‚ including those that are native‚ threatened‚ and almost endangered. Over 300 different bird species dwell within the Everglades‚ such as the Blue Heron‚ and the Wood Stork(Different Types of Ecosystems‚ 2012). Land mammals that roam the Everglades include such beasts as the panther‚ crocodile‚ and the Burmese python. The Florida panther is considered to be the most endangered animal within the Everglades with only about 75 still remaining today(Everglades
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live in the hammock environment are the grey fox‚ green snake‚ raccoon‚ box turtle‚ tree snail along with several species of tree frogs. The grey fox is one of only two canines with the ability to climb trees. The green snake‚ another within this environment‚ is a common southern snake; it is green in color and roughly 30 inches long and slender. The raccoon is found in several areas throughout the United States. The box turtle is found near wet areas throughout the warmer southern states. The tree snail
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Biscayne National Park was founded on June 28‚ 1980. The national park is about 270 miles large. This park includes coral reefs‚ islands‚ and mangrove forest in the Northern part of the Florida keys. Many dolphins‚ turtles‚ and pelicans live in the Biscayne Bay lagoon. The park is 95% water and the bay is the location of the mangrove forests. The park is about 172‚971 acres and has one of the largest and the first true florida keys‚ Elliot Key..Biscayne National Park has four major ecosystems. The
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inhabit every area of the earth. Reptiles are recognized as being classified into four separate domains (categories) which are‚ Crocodilia‚ Sphenodontia‚ Squamata‚ and Testudines (Wikipedia‚ Reptiles). The domain Crocodilia contains the family’s alligator‚ caimen‚ crocodile‚ and gharial. There are twenty-three species contained in this domain‚ and they are the closest living relatives to birds. This order had been in existence for the past 84 million years since the dawn of the Cretaceous period.
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marshland plant and animal species. Many bad things in the Everglades have happened and is still happening‚ but also good things are happening. Many scientist are trying to decrease threatened and endangered species. The Florida Everglades ecosystem is also the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side. Many animals live in the Everglades including the raccoon‚
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not a reptile fan. That why my hair at the back of my neck stand straight up when I saw the snakes. They have variety species of snakes. Besides the lizards and butterfly there are also unusual looking reptiles like the MataMata and the Alligator Snapping Turtle. There’s also the Yellow-banded Dart Frog‚ which was so tiny‚ but don’t kid around with this little frog because it is deadly. We then make our way to Level 2 where it has more fishes that called “Amazon Flooded Forest”. As we walked through
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Everglades National Park 1 Everglades National Park Name University of Phoenix SCI/230 September 23‚ 2010 Everglades National Park 2 When it comes to one of the biggest national parks in the world‚ with beautiful animals‚ some on the verge of extinction and also all of the beautiful landforms it possesses a name that come to mind is the Everglades National Park located in the southern section of the Florida peninsula. The Everglades National park covers about 1‚506‚539
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submarine was built by a Yale graduate by the name of David Bushnell. He named it the Turtle because it looked like a sea turtle floating vertically in the water. This ship was made out of a wood hull that was eight foot long and was just big enough for one operator. It was entirely hand powered and featured lead ballast tanks for balance. This craft was manned by Ezra Lee‚ and on September 7 1776‚ Lee piloted the Turtle unnoticed out to the sixty-four gun HMS Eagle that was stationed in New York Harbor
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incredibly slow that‚ from a distance‚ it doesn ’t seem to move at all. All of the wildlife in the Everglades is totally dependent on the cycling of water. One example of this dependence is the feeding relationship between the snail kite (an endangered bird species)‚ and the apple snail (a freshwater mollusk the size of a golf ball) (Talley). The apple snails reproduce during the rainy season. When water levels are at their highest‚ they lay thousands of tiny pink eggs on the stalks of marsh grasses
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The Everglades is home to many endangered species such as the Florida panther‚ manatees‚ plants‚ the American Alligator‚ American Crocodile‚ sea
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