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Creature Features 

    What's A "Creature Feature," you ask?   Well, we'd like to tell you 
about different plants and animals that live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  

    So, you might ask...

What's a watershed?  The Chesapeake Bay Watershed is the 64,000 square mile area made up of tributaries, rivers and streams, that feed into the Chesapeake Bay. (See pictures of the Chesapeake Bay watershed on the Discussion Page of this site.)

Ok, here's what you do to find out about Chesapeake Bay creatures...
Click on the book link below and scroll down to "Side Bars." They're all there for you.
Then go out and buy this amazing book. Ready?

Book Link: Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Chesapeake By Deane Winegar

            

 

Animal:  Canada Geese 

Plants:   Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAVs) 

And,     V-60, a human designed creature of the bay and the ocean!

            
Follow the Volvo Ocean Race around the world.
The Volvo Ocean Race

Learn more about the V-60 designed by Farr Yacht Designs, Ltd. of Annapolis, MD
www.farrdesign.com
  

Some of the Creature Features from the Voices Series include:

bulletPlankton, Nekton and Phytoplankton 
bulletComb Jellies and Nettles
bulletHorseshoe Crabs
bulletSea Squirts
bulletOspreys
bulletGreat Herons
bulletRockfish
bulletMenhaden
bulletEelgrass and Wild Celery
bulletNutria, and more...
bulletRed Beard Sponge
 
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