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Pond Animal Information |
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Water
Shrimp Scientific Name: Gammarus species Group: Crustacea Size: 2 - 20 mm These live under stones or in pond mud. They swim about on their sides. They breathe through gills which are at the top of their legs. The females carry their eggs and young in an egg pouch.
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Food chain Position in food chain: Secondary consumer (omnivore/scavenger) They eat: detritus (dead plant and animal material) They are eaten by: larger animals such as water spiders, diving beetles, dragonfly nymphs, beetle larva |
The males carry the females! |
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Life cycle Did you know ... In spring and summer when the females are carrying eggs in their egg pouch, they are themselves carried about by the males.
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