massasauga rattlesnake & the trout family
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Massasauga Rattlesnake & The Trout Family. By: Kelsey Fleck. Massasauga Rattlesnake. Appearance. The adults are about 45-75 cm in length Grey or tan ground color Has a rattle at the end of its tail that it shakes, basically to say “back off” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Massasauga Rattlesnake
& The Trout
FamilyBy: Kelsey Fleck
Massasauga Rattlesnake
Appearance The adults are about 45-75 cm in length Grey or tan ground color Has a rattle at the end of its tail that it
shakes, basically to say “back off” Small holes on each side of its face to see
in the dark Young massasauga rattlesnakes are paler
Habitat Found in Southwestern Ontario,
Georgian Bay, Bruce Peninsula and Southeastern Niagara Peninsula.
Prefers swamps and marshes to grasslands
Hibernates deep underground in rock caves, roots or animal holes where it spends its winters
The Trout Family
The 4 predominate types of trout found in Ontario are theRainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Brown Trout and the Lake Trout.
Rainbow Trout Habitat: Moderate size rivers with flow and
gravel bottoms. Deep cool lakes. Food: Their main diet consists of Insects,
fish eggs and smaller fish Appearance: They are torpedo shaped and
are generally blue, green and yellow in color with a pink streak down the sides of their bodies. They have white underbellies with black spots on their back and fins.
Rainbow Trout
Brook Trout Habitat: They are found in North
America in small streams, creeks, lakes and spring ponds.
Food: They feed on aquatic and terrestrial insects, smaller fish and sometimes crayfish.
Appearance: It is green-brown basic coloration with a marbled pattern. The belly and lower fins are a distinct red and their fins are outlined with white.
Brook Trout
Brown Trout Habitat: They tend to live in cool rivers and
lakes, and they usually hide in undercut banks, stream debris and under rocks
Food: The young ones feed on insects mostly and as they get older they feed on other fish and animals that fall into the lake, birds and mice
Appearance: Olive green to a dark brown back, Silver-yellowish sides and yellow-whitish bellies
Brown Trout
Lake Trout Habitat: They thrive in cold waters and the
deeper the water is the better. The young mostly hide in rocky shoals or sandbars
Diet: The young feed on small water bugs, crayfish and freshwater shrimp. Adults feed on small white fish, sculpins and minnows
Appearance: The body is usually a white or yellowish spots on a dark green to grayish background, sometimes the two bottom fins have a yellow-orangish tint to them
Lake Trout