Chesapeake Bay Research

Chesapeake Bay Research

BY : J . R. Adams

Why it important to have a variety of animals in the bay?

• It is important to have a variety of living things the bay. Ribbon Worms are a great source of food for animals in the bay. Blue Crabs are a great food to humans. Cownose Rays can help by eating bad animals . All these animals have been a food source or are good to the bay.

Why are Ribbon Worms important to the bay?

• They are nemertine worms . Their long and flattened like a piece of ribbon . They are very soft and not segmented. There are 7 kinds of Ribbon Worms . When it attacks prey its proboscis pushes out. Ribbon Worms can kill easily and fast . But are a great food source.

Why are Blue Crabs important to the bay?

• The blue crabs was named by its sapphire tinted claws. They are found in brackish lagoons and estuaries. They have a pair of paddle shaped legs. Males have a long slender apron. They all have 9 marginal teeth behind each eye. Adults can grow up to 9 inches. They are the most popular catchers in the bay?

Why are cownose rays important to the bay?

• They are the most common ray in the bay. They are called cownose rays because their heads look like a cow muzzle.

• Rays are migratory animals• They are found skimming through eel

grass bays.• People think they’re sharks because

they swim on their side. http://www.elasmodiver.com/Sharkive%20images/Caribbean%20Cownose-Ray-002.jpg

Conclusion• Ribbon worms are a great food

source for animals in the bay.• Blue crabs are a great food to

humans.• Cownose rays can help by eating bad

animals.• All these animals have been a food

source or are good to the bay.

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