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The Sound is important to us and all of the living organisms that live there. You will get a tour of the Long Island Sound’s habitat and the most common animals that live there. You will find out how our local watershed is affecting our sound. You will learn the health conditions of the sound. You will learn the major threats to the sound. You will learn almost everything there is to know about the sound. There are alot of invasive species known to the sound. One of the invasive specis is the lion fish. The lion fish comes from the Indian Ocean. The lion fish has been in the sound scince 1999. The lion fish has two other names. The two other names are the Turkey fish,and the Zerbra fish. Another invasive spescies is the Europein Flat Oyster. their shells are 20 cm wide. It was introduced to the sound in 2002. It is native to Maine. The last invasive species I would lik to introduce is the Asian Shore Crab. The Asian Shore crab has one more name. the name is the Japenese shore crab. Its width is 7-8 cm long and it is brown with red spots. with 3 spines. It was intrduce to the sound in 1988. Those are the three invasive speces I wanted to talk to you about. The video you see below is a slide show of the major threats to long island sound.

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Map of the Housatonic watershed. 