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Grasses, trees, sedges, reeds and rushes that have adapted to periodic flooding. Examples of these are mangroves and rice. It is a habitat for some fishes and crustaceans. Other inhabitants include leeches, mosquitoes, frogs, snakes and snails.

Marshes also serve as feeding and nesting sites for waterfowl and shorebirds.

In short, a habitat for numerous unique plants and animals.

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What animals live in salt marshs?

Animals that live in salt marshes include crabs, snails, birds like herons and egrets, fish such as killifish and mullet, and small mammals like muskrats. These animals have adapted to the fluctuating salinity levels and high plant productivity found in salt marsh habitats.


What would happen if a fire burnt down an Atlantic salt marsh snakes habitat?

It's not unusual for salt marshes to burn, but they regenerate quickly. The animals that live there are very resilient, having adapted to that environment, and soon replenish the populations.


Fresh water marsh animals?

Some animals live in the water (including fish, crabs, shrimp, tadpoles, insect larvae, etc.), some animals live at the surface of the water (like frogs, turtles, beavers, etc.), some animals live above the water (like birds, insects, frogs, etc.), and other animals live in the spongy areas of land surrounding the swamp (like raccoons, opossums, muskrats, deer, snails, earthworms, etc.), using the marsh for feeding, shelter, and/or nesting areas.


What is the habitat of the Atlantic Salt Marsh Snake?

it's habitat is cold and wet


What animals eat salt grass?

The are many sea creatures that live among the seagrass like the southern stingray which feeds on molluscan infauna, sea surgeonsfishes and many more. But the main marine mammles that graze on seagrass/eelgrass are the green turtles which are very unique because they can digest cellous with its caecum to breakdown the cellous and the Dugongs and Manatees also graze on eelgrass. Hope that helps!

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Where do salt marsh snails live?

In a salt marsh


What animals live in marsh's?

Some crabs live in salt marshes, such as the horseshoe crab. Another animal is the juvenile fish. A salt marsh is connected to another body of water, like an ocean. River otters may live in salt marshes as well.


What kind of animals live in a salt marsh?

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What animals live in a marsh?

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What animals live in salt marshs?

Animals that live in salt marshes include crabs, snails, birds like herons and egrets, fish such as killifish and mullet, and small mammals like muskrats. These animals have adapted to the fluctuating salinity levels and high plant productivity found in salt marsh habitats.


Can marsh animals live anywhere else?

no they will die.


Why adaptation is important in salt marsh?

So they can live happily ever after:)


What is the weather in salt marsh?

The weather in a salt marsh is beyond my mind.


What eats salt marsh snails?

Salt marsh snails are preyed upon by a variety of animals, including birds such as herons and shorebirds, as well as crabs and other invertebrates. Additionally, fish, raccoons, and some mammals may also feed on salt marsh snails.


When was Salt Marsh Opera created?

Salt Marsh Opera was created in 2000.


What are the plants and animals found in salt marshes?

If an animal were to adapt to a salt marsh, they would have to adapt to the climate. It varies sometimes but mostly they would have to adapt to the water source. In a salt marsh, they have brachish water, which is a mixture of salt water and fresh water, and it usually leads out into another river or stream somewhere close by, but they would have to adapt to the water, which only some animals can.


What would happen if a fire burnt down an Atlantic salt marsh snakes habitat?

It's not unusual for salt marshes to burn, but they regenerate quickly. The animals that live there are very resilient, having adapted to that environment, and soon replenish the populations.