Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

2G’s Guide to Long Island Sound Creatures

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "2G’s Guide to Long Island Sound Creatures"— Presentation transcript:

1 2G’s Guide to Long Island Sound Creatures
May 2016

2 Scallop Lives in shallow water in grass beds on a soft sea floor.
Looks like a fan with a wing on the bottom. It eats plankton. Interesting facts: they can be orange, purple, yellow, white. By: Brady

3 Heron Lives all over the world A bird with a long neck
Feathers are white, brown, black or grey They eat fish There are about 60 species They can live to be 15 to 20 years old By Carrick

4 Moon Jelly Floats near surface of Long Island Sound Clear jelly
Short tentacles Eats fish eggs, small plankton Grows up to 16 inches Predators sea turtles, sunfish By Catherine

5 Hermit Crab Live in sandy and other bottom habitats
Looks like a little crab in a shell Eats detritus and algae When they grow out of their shell they find another one to live in They can be one inch long By Caroline

6 Horseshoe crab Live in estuaries and bottom of sea
Eyes and mouth at bottom of body, pointed tail Brown shell Eat bottom dwelling creatures like worms 5 parts of legs Uses tail to change direction By Chloe

7 Gull Lives along the coast
It has black on edge of wings and black face It eats fish, shellfish, insects, worms, mice, birds, eggs, dead animals, and garbage They migrate meaning they spend different seasons in different places By Connor

8 flounder Tropical coastal waters Lives in salt water Scales, spotted
Eats small fish Type of flatfish Lives up to ten years Uses camouflage for defense By Devin

9 Bluefish Lives in harbors and off of sandy beaches
Eats squid, crabs, butterfish, menhaden, shad, hake, herring More green than blue Hunted by sharks, tuna, striped bass, and humans By Holt

10 Lobster lives on sandy, rocky or muddy bottoms
eats fish, mollusks and other things near the bottoms. It look like a crab with longer body and bigger front claws. It can grow up to 100 years old! By Imani

11 Osprey Lives near water Bird- brown and white feathers and black beak
Eats fish Can go underwater for a second By Jack

12 SMOOTH DOGFISH SHARK It lives in shallow and off shore waters
White on the bottom gray on the top It eats a wide variety of fish and invertebrates It is a long, slender shark By Jeb

13 Spider Crab Lives on/in water and on shore Eats sea stars
It hides by covering itself with sea weed Brown to dull yellow with white claws By Reese

14 Sea Star It lives in shallow to deeper coastal waters
It looks like a star It eats oysters, clams, worms Can live to 3-27 years By Sam

15 Harbor seal Off seashore rocks and sandbars Brown, tan, light grey
Fish, crabs, lobster, and squid Found throughout northern Atlantic, along both coasts Between 5 and 6 feet long Weight is pounds Males are sometimes larger By Teagan Harbor seal

16 Lion’s Mane Jelly Fish It floats near surface in offshore water.
It looks translucent with an interior body. It eats zooplankton, fish eggs, small shrimp. The way you say Lion’s Mane Jelly Fish in Latin is Cyanea capillata. By Wesley Lion’s Mane Jelly Fish


Download ppt "2G’s Guide to Long Island Sound Creatures"

Similar presentations


Ads by Google