Match the number of each picture of a wetland inhabitant to its description.
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A |
The Diamondback terrapin is a year-round marsh dweller who likes to eat snails, worms, insects, crabs, and fish. |
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B |
Periwinkle snail crawls up and down on blades of marsh grasses as the tide rises and falls to avoid the water.She eats bits of algae and decaying plants. |
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C |
The fiddler crab lives in the marsh mud and eats dead plants. |
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D |
The graceful blue heron nests in the wetland and wades in nearby shallow waters, hunting for fish and crabs to eat. |
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E |
The raccoon doesn’t live in a wetland, but visits to hunt for crabs, oysters, clams, fish and dragonflies. |
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F |
Blue crabs are often in the marsh when the tide is high. They eat small fish and oysters. They also use the marsh as a hideout when shedding their hard shells. |
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G |
Rockfish use the marsh as a nursery for their young. The baby fish hide among the wetland plants when the tide is high. |
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H |
Cordgrass grows in the low marsh areas that get flooded with the high tides. This grass is excellent hiding for small fish and and soft crabs. |
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