If you have ever put a bit of waterweed in a jar or tray with
some water...
You might have noticed lots of little flea-like creatures
swimming around at high speed. These creatures might have been little amphipods
called Paracalliope like me. You might have seen amphipods on the beach hopping
around when you lift a piece of driftwood or seaweed. I'm a kind of amphipod
that prefers to live in streams, rather than lying around on the beach.
My favourite streams are weedy ones that are slow-flowing and
these types of streams are often close to the sea. I need to hide in the
waterweeds because lots of little fish like eating amphipods. When people dig
out all the weeds from streams, creatures like me have nowhere to hide and
little to feed on so you won't find much living in those streams.
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