Transcript Animals In the Taiga

ANIMALS IN THE TAIGA
by Nikki B
Abiotic And Biotic In the Taiga
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There are lots of helpful biotic and abiotic in taiga
that help various kinds of animals live there. Some
of them are….
Abiotic: The taiga has an extensive and long river
network, like the Yenisei River. The rivers are filled
with fish to help bears such as the grizzlies and the
black bears fish for there food.
Biotic: For the hundreds of birds that live in the
taiga, the taiga offers evergreen trees. These trees
are especially helpful to the yellow bellied
sapsucker because the trees are rich in sap.
HERBIVOROUS ANIMALS
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The SNOWSHOE RABBIT is a herbivore because it
eats fresh green plants and grass in the summer,
and when the weather turns cold in the winter it
munches on twigs, shoots, and buds
The YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER is a herbivore
because it pecks holes in trees to suck up the sap,
mostly in evergreens
The AMERICAN ELK is a herbivore because it is
known for eating dried grass, and a variety of
greens
Herbivore Animal Pictures
American Elk
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Snowshoe Hare
CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS
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The RIVER OTTER is a carnivore because it eats
plenty of fish every day
The LONG EARED OWL is a carnivore because it
feasts on rodents, small mammals, and birds by
hunting them down in clearings and fallow fields
The CANADIAN LYNX is a carnivore because it eats
hares, small rodents, squirrels and grouse. The
Canadian lynx has no predators.
Carnivore Animal Pictures
River Otter
Long Eared Owl
Canadian Lynx
OMNIVOROUS ANIMALS
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The GRIZZLY BEAR is an omnivore because it eats
various kinds of fish in the river and plenty of
berries
The AMERICAN BLACK BEAR is an omnivore because
it eats plants, fruit, nuts, insects, honey, salmon, small
mammals, and carrion.
The RED FOX is an omnivore because it munches on
fruits, berries, grasses, birds and small mammals. It
is known to have few predators.
Omnivore Animal Pictures
Red Fox
Grizzly Bear
American Black Bear
Adaptions in the Taiga
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Special adaption that helps animals live in the taiga
are…
The Snowshoe Rabbit can’t live in warm weather.
The taiga’s average temperature is 14-56, so it is a
cool and cold place for a snowshoe rabbit to live.
The Taiga has many rivers, of course, and each are
rich in fish. The taiga happens to be the home of the
Atlantic Salmon, other wise know as a tasty fish to
many bears, such as the Grizzly Bear.
FOOD CHAINS
RIVER OTTER FOOD CHAIN:
River Otter
secondary consumer
Fish
primary consumer
Algae
producer
LONG EARED OWL FOOD CHAIN:
Long Eared
Owl
secondary consumer
Rodents
primary consumer
Seeds
producer
Decomposers In The Taiga
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There are many decomposers in the taiga such as
fungi, bacteria, snow bug, and common soil
bacteria.
The one I picked to talk about its role in the taiga is
the Honey Fungus. Honey Fungus attacks woody and
herbaceous plants.
CREDITS
Made and Designed By Nikki B.
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/taiga/animals/rab
bit.htm
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm
http://animalstime.com/red-fox-facts-kids-redfox-habitat-diet/
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo2466
43.htm
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_taiga
%27s_average_temperature
http://www.taigarescue.org/index.php?view=tai
ga_news&tn_ID=59