The Everglades

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The Everglades

• By Stephanie Tuttle Ashley Clark

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Red Tailed HawkBreeding

• The red tailed hawk breeds throughout most of
  north America, from western Alaska and northern
  Canada to as far as south of panama and west
  Indies

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Red Tail HawkHabitat

• Red tail hawks have a wide range of habitats.
  Some are deserts grasslands coniferous and
  deciduous forests, tropical rain forests
  agricultural and urban areas.

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Red Tail HawkDiet

• Red tail hawks are carnivores. They eat birds and
  reptiles. Rodents are 85 of there diet. They
  also eat lagomorphs, shrews bats, snakes,
  waterfowl, fish, crustaceans and insects.

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Threats

• Hunters and their rifles
• Pollution
• Global Warming
• Deforestation

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Reduce the Threats

• Education
• Build more environmentally safe products
• Stop cutting trees down

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River Otters Habitat

• River otters live around Canada and the United
  States
• Another area they could be found in is Rio Grande
  and Colorado River in Mexico

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River OttersDiet

• crayfishes, crabs, and other aquatic
  invertebrates
• They also eat fish and frogs

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River Otters Breeding

• The birth of the pups usually happens around late
  March to April
• There are usually 2 to 3 pups
• They weigh around 4 to 8 ounces

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Threats

• Throwing wastes in the water that they swim in
• Destroying Habitats
• Hunting for there fur

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Reduce the Threats

• Stop throwing wastes in the water
• Not to destroy habitats
• Not to hunt the otters

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Eastern DiamondbackHabitat

• Its found in the southeastern part of the United
  States
• Its range is from southern areas of North
  Carolina down to Florida and west into Louisiana.

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Eastern DiamondbackDiet

• Eastern Diamondbacks usually eat rabbits, birds
  and rodents
• This snake eats their prey whole

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Eastern DiamondbackBreeding

• The babies can be to 12 to 15 inches long
• They can live up to 20 years

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Threats

• Destroying Habitats
• habitat fragmentation that is when the landscape
  is broken up by roads, development and
  agriculture, the rattlesnake is brought
  increasingly into contact with humans

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Reduce the Threats

• Reduce destroying habitats
• Build less roads

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Fragrant Prickly-Apple
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Fragrant Prickly-Apple Habitat

• The fragrant prickly-apple requires sunlight to
  thrive, but prefers partial sunlight, and can
  grow on dry sandy soil. In these conditions they
  can grow to about 5 meters tall and can rest its
  long stems over surrounding plants.

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Fragrant Prickly-Apple Nutritional Requirements

• The Fragrant Prickly-Apple is autotrophic and
  requires sunlight and water to perform
  photosynthesis.

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Fragrant Prickly-Apple Life Cycle

• It is perennial, which means a seed is planted
  once and as long as the habitat stays the same,
  the cactus will continue to grow every year.

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Threats/Solutions to Such

• Due to human urbanization, the plant has become
  scarce in the only environment it can survive in.
• This plant was considered endangered on 1
  November, 1985. There is not much being done to
  amend the endangerment, but a revision plan
  became effective in May of 1999.

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Sources

• Red Tailed Hawk-http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-t
  ailed_Hawk
• River Otters-http//www.ottolontra.furtopia.org/Ri
  ver20Otter20Facts.htm
• Eastern Diamondback-http//www.nwflec.com/northwes
  tfloridaenvironmentalconservancypart2/id20.html
• Fragrant Prickly Apple-http//www.conservationoutd
  oors.org/species/cereus-eriophorus.html
• http//davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/83321/
• http//fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/esis/lists/e704029.htm