Bay+Animals

[|Enchanted Learning - Horseshoe crabs] [|Enchanted Learning - definition of barnacle] [|Chesapeake Bay Program - Barnacles] [|Barnacles - Oracle Think Quest] [|Enchanted Learning - clams] [|Enchanted Learning - plankton] [|Plankton - Nature Works] [|Enchanted Learning - shrimp] [|Enchanted Learning - jellyfish] [|Blue Crab Info] [|Striped Bass - Chesapeake Bay Program] [|Diamondback Terrapin - National Aquarium] [|Diamondback Terrapin - Defenders of Wildlife] [|Chesapeake Bay Program - Menhaden] [|Chesapeake Bay Ecological Foundation- Menhaden] Also read the Chesapeake Bay books for relevant information.

Research the sea creatures listed below. Identify their physical characteristics, where they are typically found, what they eat, survival habits, and any interesting facts you want to share.

GOOD RESEARCH ON THE BAY ANIMALS. FACT FRAGMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE, AND YOUR RESEARCH IS DETAILED. :)

more closely related to spiders than to crabs. is known as king crab. can be found off the coasts of Japan, India, Indonesia, and the eastern U.S.A. they eat sea worms, mollusks, and young claims. can be up to 2 ft, and weighs up to 10 pounds. females lay 20,000 eggs. they borrow in the sand and use their tales to catch there pray, this is also how they hide from predators.
 * horseshoe crab**

females mate only once.they eat mollusks, oysters, and hard claims.lives in seas and bays across the world.predators: eels, drum, rock fish, spot, trout, some sharks and humans. hides in plants, seaweed, sand ect. male crabs are called Jimmies, females Sallies. they look blueish (hense blue crabs)
 * blue crab**

vary from white to gray. can be 1/2 to 1 in.live on rocks, pilings, boat bottoms, grasses, ect. eat plankton, detritus look like empty mollusks shells, flatworms are predators over 1,000 kinds they are small so they can hide easily more than 15,000 clams in the world a gaint clam4.8 feet tall 550 pounds! filter planktons Indians favorite sea food are so small they seem like they have one eye. are made of plants. eat each other because they are to small to eat any thing else. they are microscopic.the can't swim they move with the current. the word plankton comes from the Greek word planktos which means drifting. can find them floating on the top of the oceans, but you probably can't see them.because they are microscopic they can hide from there predators with ease. you can also find them in bikini bottom.( haha) over 2,000 shrimp eat small plants and animals like plankton is one good food for shrimp
 * barnacles**
 * clams**
 * plankton**
 * shrimp**

womman lay more than 1,000 eggs
live in brackish water eat worms,squids,menhaden,anchovies and crustaceane lays eggs near shore Marylands state fish live 10-30 years woman 7.5 in. men 5 in. eats fish snails worms clams crabs and plankton eat any other fish can be any were from 2 in to 3 ft sea turtles eat them along with others they can be any were from a harmless egg to having big stingers and can sometimes be poisonous you can find them any were in the ocean (don't worry poisonous ones will barley ever come to shore) if predators try and hurt them they will sting. are filter feeders eat algae and planktonic consumers of plankton 2-3 ounces 14 inches or longer weigh about 1 pound
 * rockfish (also known as striped bass)**
 * diamondback terrapin**
 * jellyfish (also known as sea nettles)**
 * menhaden**