Download RIVER animals

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snail
•Has a soft body with a hard shell
•Has a foot which h elps them move around
•Uses the calcium in water to build a shell
Catfish
•Eat smaller fish, snails, and some plants
•During the day they stay in deep water
•At night they come out to find food
snakes
•Like to lie on logs or rocks in the sun
•If surprised or scared, they quickly get in the
water
•Eat frogs, salamanders, and small turtles
Turtles
•Like to sit on logs and rocks in the sun
•If surprised or scared they will quickly get in
the water
•Eat plants, fish, snails, and insects.
frogs
•Lay their eggs in the water
•Eggs hatch into tadpoles
•Eats insects it catches with a long sticky
tongue
beaver
•Live in burrows on the banks of
rivers and lakes
•Also live in a “lodge” in the middle of
a river with an underwater entrance
•Have strong teeth and jaws for
cutting trees and branches
•Eat leaves, bark, twigs, roots, and
water plants
•Are very graceful (good) swimmers