What lives in and around the rivers and lakes?Rivers and Lakes by Will
What lives in and around the rivers and lakes?
There are tree main types of wild animals
in Japan depending on where they are. Hokkaido at the upper end
of the island chain, is popularr for its brown bears, sabels, and
northen foxes. On the other three major islands of Honshu,
Kyushu, and Shikoku there are t wild boars, deer and ducks. The
Mandarin duck was found in England, East Asia, Japan, Eastern
China, Korea and Eastern Siberia in 1700s and it is in the geese
and duck family and it lays 8~12 eggs. The male mandarin duck
looks like it is wearing a beautiful coat. The female usually
makes a nests in a hole in a high tree and lays eggs. The raccoon
dogs are mamales and are from the dog famliy. There length is 2
to 21/2 feet and there weight is 9 to 20 pounds. It eats insects,
fish, amphibians, birds and small mamalls. It lives in Siberia
and can be found in Japan.