How animals rely on each other to survive.

The Crocodile and the Egyptian plover bird

The Symbiotic Relationship Between

Crocodiles and Egyptian Plovers A symbiotic relationship is when two animals need

each other to survive.

A crocodile needs a Egyptian plover to clean it’s teeth and the plover needs to eat the stuff in the crocodiles teeth to live.

That’s only one example of a symbiotic relationship. There are probably millions of symbiotic relationships in the world.

A croc and Plover conversation

Crocodile: Hey! Plover! Why do you always have to climb into my mouth and peck my teeth?

Plover: If didn’t do that I would have nothing to eat.

Crocodile: So why don’t you get your grub from some other crocodile?

Plover: You shouldn’t be so mean! If it wasn’t for me your teeth would be rotten and moldy!

Crocodile: OK, I’ll try not to be so mean next time.

Plover: Thank you.

How plovers Survive in the wild

Organism Environment:

Sandy

Near river

Humid and hot

Features:

ColoursBlend in With nest

small beak

Buries eggs in sand

How Features Help It Survive:

Stops predators from eating it

Can fit it’s beak in betweenThe crocodiles teeth

Stops predators from taking eggs

How crocs survive in the wild

OrganismEnvironment:

Humid

Hot

Sandy

Features:

Looks like a log

Thick, hard skin

Stays in water

How featuresHelp it survive:

Prey just walks upWithout noticing the Croc

Hard for other Animals to hurt it

Keeps cool

How a crocodile won’t survive in Antarctica

And that is how a crocodile won’t survive in Antarctica

My favourite features about the

crocodile and the Egyptian plover Crocodile:My favourite

feature about a crocodile is that it has a really long mouth and it looks like a log.

Egyptian Plover:My favourite feature about a the Egyptian plover is that it’s small and eats the bugs and rotting meat from the crocodile’s teeth.

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My Organism that I designed

Biome: RainforestDiet: CarnivoreType of animal: Amphibian

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References!

http://images.google.com/

http://www.google.com/

http://www.wikipedia.org

http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/zoo/Meet-Our-Animals/Birds/Penguins/Egyptian-plover.htm