Thursday, May 5, 2011

Everglades Organisms

One of  Everglades carnivores is called the Florida Panther. One of the Florida Panther's food is smaller mammals such as raccoons. One adapation it has is very sharp teeth. The West Indian Manatee is a herbivore. It feeds on sea grass.The manatee's predators are whales and alligators. Good hearing is one of the manatees adaptations. A Brazilian Pepper is one of Everglade's plants.
Florida Panther

west indian mantee

brazilian pepper


Thursday, March 31, 2011

Everglades National Park

Everglades National Park is located in southern Florida. Its high temp for August is 88 degrees. The low temp for August is 77 degrees. February’s high temp is 75 degrees. February’s low temp is 60 degrees. The number of visitors each year is 822,118. Its habit is a wetland. It’s rainfall for August is 7.13 inches. Next it’s rainfall for February is 1.99. The park size is 1,506,539 acres. The Everglades distance from Cudahy is 1452.6 miles.