Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Recponce

Click on story link under online resouces and tell me what you think.

Life of the animals of the Nile


The life of the animals of the Nile is hard. They have to drink crocodile infested water.If they are not careful they get eaten. It is very sad, all the zebras and wildebeest getting eaten. But, that is the way of life in Africa. Eat or be eaten, it is very true for the animals of the Nile.The are not guarantied another day.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Diet of egyptians


The Egyptian diet consists of grain primarily, but the occasion of red meats is a treat to them. The Egyptian fisher man and farmers sold there catch and harvest to commoners. They traded and bought from them, but they did not have much live stock since the land was for farming they didn't have enough room to let them have land to eat. That is why red meat is a treat to them.

The effect of humans on the Nile

The Nile perch shown above is a species that was introduced as a species for fish industries, it was a fish that was made to fish for food. Other fish in the Nile are small and bony unlike the Nile perch reaching 175 pounds in weight, it is one of the biggest fish species in the Nile. Introduced in the 1930's it never had a big population until the 1970's. Today it is a popular fish to fish for if your lucky enough you can catch a big one like shown in above this article. That is why the Nile is a good place to go fishing and why locals like it there.

Animals in the Nile


The Nile is home to many animals like the Nile crocodile. It can grow to be 18-20 feet long,tip the scales at 1,500 lbs. has a life span of 70-100 years. The crocodile hunts the animals that come to get a drink. After it catches its dinner it drowns it and pulls it under a log to soften it up so it can eat it. There are many other animals like the hippo. the hippo grow to be 10-11 feet long and 5 feet tall it can weigh almost 3,000-7,000 there the teeth grow to be 20 inches long. there are also Nile perch that can weigh up to 175 pounds, there are catfish,tiger fish, lungfish,mud fish and eel.