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We are an environmental science course at St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, NJ, taught by Mrs. T. We'll be blogging about environmental issues all term, so please stay tuned!

Monday, February 17, 2014

Savanna Eli Cain Carristian Brown Revised

Savanna Eli Cain and Carristian Brown

The biome I had was the grassland savanna biome. It's a very dry climate from the months of  May through October and the wet season is November through April. It is home to some of the deadliest animals, such as the black Mamba, the Nile Crocodile. The plants are just as interesting such as the whistling thorn. these flora and fauna are extremely interesting for many reasons. The Black Mamba is naturally untouchable by other animals and before a cure was found for it's venom the snake's bite was 100% deadly. The whistling thorn can also hold four different types of ants. The plant's can also use the plant as their own "fortress of solitude" because they can use the palnt to fend off other invading ants. This biome is very important to our world because if it was destroyed the flora, and fauna would have nowhere else to live which would just cause a bad chain reaction. The chain reaction would be is that these animals would have to find some other place to live and they would be non- indigenous creatures that could only do damage to other environments. We have seen harmful examples of invasive species such as the Killer Bee and the Snakehead Fish. Our area the temperate grasslands can be found in the plains of North America, the pains of South America, and in the open lands of southern Africa. The biome is very interesting and should be preserved.









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