Walking Catfish
Clarias batrachus
Overview
This project is intended to educate ourselves and others about invasive exotic pets and solutions to the increasing problem.
Objectives
To learn how unwanted invasive species can cause problems in Florida ecosystems. Students will learn the meaning of biodiversity and how to distinguish the difference between a non-native and an invasive species.
Team
Timeline
- Kickoff: Thursday, September 24, 2009
- Research: Thursdays: Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Oct. 15,
- Animation or Digital Story begin: Oct. 22
- Storyboarding and scene production: Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Nov. 19
- Animation production or Digital story production: Dec. 3, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17
- Hollywood Premier: Dec. 17th view in Multipurpose - AIR IN WLMN news after Winter Break
- Celebration: Dec. 18 - Possible critter encounter
Inquiries- I wonder questions that need solving:
Our spices is non-native, it came from Asia. It is invasive and it eats large amounts of fish and vegitation.
- Where does your species come from? How did it get here? Serena THANKS Serena! Now I know how they got here......they did not swim all the way here!
Our species came from Asia, it got here by escaping brook stock, fish farms or trading in aquariums. They live in small ponds that don't have many native fish. They live in little or no oxygen because they can breath air. They can live street dains with muddy bottoms and can be founds on streets during a flooding storm.
The walking catfish were discovered in Florida around 1967 they are from Asia. The walking catfish live in small ponds and vegetated ponds. They eat a lot of different foods, small fish, plants, dead fish, and trash. Our concern would be if the walking catfish grow too big they could destroy good fish wild life and nature.
- What can humans do to fix the problem? - All of you should come up with at least one idea for a total of four ideas.
1.Humans need to keep them in their tank. Don't let them free in the lakes. If you don't want the them return them to the pet store. (serena)
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Serena Real Live Video of Catching Her Pet Walking Catfish
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Amazing videos! These will be very valuable to your movie production! Let's get it started Thursday. GOOOOOOOOD JOB!
Picture 195.avi (This is how the water was rushing around my house)
Picture 196.avi (This is my family trying to catch the walking catfish in front of my house)
Picture 198.avi (This is my pet walking catfish we caught and we still have one year)
Resources and Safe Websites
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