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| Pond LIfe |
Pond life is made up of many kinds of plants and animals that live in a community in or near a pond.
A small
pond may look like a quiet place. But if
you look carefully, you may see that the pond is really a little world of its
own.
In spring
and summer the pond is teeming with many
kinds of plant and animal life.
Water
striders skate over the surface of the pond, while near shore, a crayfish grabs
and eats a worm. Later it, too, becomes
a meal for bass or a wading bird.
Small,
fish-like frogs (called tadpoles); water beetles and snails are also found in
many ponds.
On some
pond surfaces, the nectar-filled pond lily is the delight of the bee. Frogs and dragonflies use its pads for
resting platforms.
As winter
nears, pond life become less active.
In the
North, frogs and turtles spend the winter buried in the muddy bottom of the
pond and only a few pond creatures stir under the ice. – Dick Rogers
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