Many animals live in and around the pond.
 
 
 
 

Beavers

Beavers live near water.
 
 

Beavers are mammals.

Beavers have large, sharp front teeth.

Beavers have brown fur.

Beavers have flat tails.

Beavers cut down trees to make their home.
 
 

Beaver homes are called lodges.

Beaver babies are called kits.
 
 

Ducks

Ducks live in and around water.

Ducks have webbed feet.

Ducks have bills.

Ducks have feathers.

Ducks eat small plants and fish.

Mother ducks lay eggs in a nest.

Baby ducks are called ducklings.

Baby ducklings learn to swim the same day they hatch.

Ducklings swim close to their mother.

Turtles

Turtles live on land and in water.

Turtles have shells.

Turtles have webbed feet.

Turtles have a beak.

Turtles lay eggs.

Frogs

Frogs live on land and in water.

Frogs are amphibians.

Mother frogs lay eggs.

Baby frogs are called tadpoles.

Tadpoles hatch from eggs.
 

Young frogs are called froglets.

Raccoons

Raccoons are awake at night.

Raccoons eat frogs, fish and plants.

Raccoons look like cats.
 

Raccoon babies are called kits.

Raccoon homes are called dens.

Alligators

Alligators have scales and webbed feet.

Alligators are reptiles.

Alligators live on land and in water.

Alligators hatch from eggs.
Alligator babies are called hatchlings.