Grasslands

-andrew linehan (naturalist) -john richter (producer) -josh franklin (geologist) -alex sipes (climatologist)

=There are many animals that live in the grass lands there are many diffrent sizes of animals like mice, prarie dogs, and aphids there are also some larger animals like lions, black rihnoes, african elephants, zebras and many more animals Some facts about Grasslands: Grasslands are found in between deserts and forest because if it got less rain it would become a desert and if it got more it would be a forest.andrew- some of the animals that belong to the temperate grasslands of North America are: coyotes, prairie dogs, gophers, antelope, bison, eagles, wild turkey, Canadian geese, bobcats, the gray wolf, fly catchers, and various types of insects. There are similar animals that inhabit the steppes, such as foxes, falcons, antelopes, and the lynx.andrew-Shrubs and trees occur very rarely in this biome. There are several types of grasses that grow in the grassland biome, like buffalo grass, ryegrass, foxtail, wild oats, and purple needlegrass. Although animals feed on these grasses, they can survive because the point of growth of the grasses is very near the surface of the ground. Besides, they survive even fires due to the underground system of buds and stems. The trees and shrubs that grow in the grassland biome, on the other hand, are easily destroyed in fires. But even though they are easily destroyed by a fire, the fire makes it easier for new growth to grow.alex- more than 80 species of animals and more than 300 of birds and hundreds of plants and grasses live in the grasslandsnow there are two diffrent kinds of grasslands tall grasslands whitch are humid and very wet and there is the short grasslands that have a hotter summer and cooler winters than the tall grassland praries most of the grasslands are found in the middle of the lattitudes=


 * # **Butterflies**: they have long coiled tongue for them to nectar in flowers and they close their wings over their backs when they sleep
 * 1) [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/grass/images/centipedes.gif width="100" height="60" caption="centipedes.gif (3040 bytes)"]]**Centipedes**: like to live in dark and damp places and eat small creatures for food there are also minipedes that live in the grassland.
 * 2) **Chaffinch**: is a kind of bird that eats various kinds of seeds for food.
 * 3) [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/grass/images/earthworm.gif width="100" height="56" caption="earthworm.gif (2961 bytes)"]]**Earthworms**: eat dead plant materials and soil so that tunnels are made in the soil to which allows air to enter the soil. ||   ||
 * # [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/grass/images/earwigs.gif width="100" height="60" caption="earwigs.gif (2920 bytes)"]]**Earwigs**: like dark damp places and they eat dead plant materials and other insects.
 * 1) [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/grass/images/greenfiles.gif width="100" height="118" caption="greenfiles.gif (2662 bytes)"]]**Greenflies**:eat leaves and flowers for food, and as you would know gardeners dont like them.
 * 2) [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/grass/images/groundbeetles.gif width="100" height="71" caption="groundbeetles.gif (2976 bytes)"]]**Ground beetles**: a kind of beetle that lives under rocks and logs. They usually hunt for food at night.
 * 3) [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/grass/images/ladybird.gif width="100" height="87" caption="ladybird.gif (2911 bytes)"]]**Ladybirds**: hibernate in the winter and they eat greenflies and other small insects for food.
 * 4) [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/grass/images/leftbug.gif width="100" height="71" caption="leftbug.gif (2682 bytes)"]]**Leaf bug**: a kind of insect that eats the sap of a plant

these animals live in the african grasslands- gazelle, gemsbok, zebra, water buffalo, elephant,giraffe, pronghorn, and a bunch others animals live in this area.

Hills, rivers, beautiful flowers, and sometimes mountians are found in the grasslands too.

On the savanah the elevation is equatorial regions it is below 2000 feet about sea level and it varies on other locations..
 * Africa - aardvark, African wild cat, African elephant, many antelopes, baboon, buffalo, Cape hunting dog, cheetah, giraffe, gnu, hartebeest, hippopotamus, hyena, impala, jackals, kudu, leopard, lion, meerkat, mongoose, oryx, ostrich, red-billed oxpecker, rhinoceros, vulture, wildebeest, zebra, and many other animals.
 * Australia - dingo, emu, kangaroo, wallaby, wombat, and many other animals. Many non-native animals have been introduced, including the camel, donkey, goat, horse, rabbit, and sheep.
 * North America - American toad, badger, black-footed ferret, bison, black-tailed jack rabbit, bumble bee, burrowing owl, California condor, carrion beetle, common snipe, coyote, deer, dragonfly, eagles, eastern cottontail, elk, ferruginous hawk, fox snake, golden owl, gopher snake, grasshopper, gray wolf, ground squirrels, killdeer, lady beetle, larks, long-billled curlew, meadow vole, monarch butterfly, northern grasshopper mouse, prairie chicken, prairie dog, prairie rattlesnake, prairie skink, pronghorn antelope, red fox, red-tailed hawk, shrew, skunk, stink bug, tiger beetle, western meadowlark, western tiger swallowtail, white-tailed jack rabbit, and many other animals.
 * South America - armadillo, opossum, fox, jaguar, llama, puma, rhea, tapir, many rodents, and many other animals.
 * Eurasia - golden pheasant, leopard gecko, snow leopard, vole, and many other animals. ||

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