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__**Mudskipper**__ Mudskippers are active when out of the water, interacting with one another, for example, defending their territories. **__Tree-Climbing Crab__** Tree-Climbing crabs avoid being swept away by climbing up trees. It eats mangrove leaves, which are hard to decompose, helping the cleaners by keeping the place clean. Plant is a source of food for tree-climbing crabs. __**Bamboo plant**__ The bamboo plant is one of the fastest growing plants in the world due to its unique rhizome-dependent system. It provides shelter for animals when it rains and is also a source of food for caterpillars. **__Blind-Your-Eyes__** It often grows on mud lobster mounds. It produces white sap that may cause blisters or even blindness if the sap enters the eye. **__Mud Lobster Mound__** Mud lobsters eat tiny organic particles in the mud. After they process the mud in search for food, the processed mud is piled around their burrows. Mud lobsters play an important role in bringing nutrient-rich soil to the surface, and the mounds are home to some animals, attracted by the nutreint-rich soil. __**Mangrove plant**__

The mangrove plant lives in very harsh conditions where the soil is poor in oxygen and is soft. That is why the roots are expsed so that more oxygen can be taken in. The roots are also spread over a wide area so as to stabalise the plant on the soft soil P.S. Jan Jay and RT, can you do the 2nd part (threats ecosystem face and how to reduce it)? Thanks.

=__ TASK 2 __= = = What are the threats the ecosystem is facing and how can we reduce the threats?

There are 3 major threats that the ecosystem in Singapore face, and they are: 1. Deforestation: Ever since Singapore has been populated and urbanized, the ecosystem has been in chaos. Every day many trees would be chopped down. Even though there have been many efforts taken by the people here, the status of the original habitats and luscious greenery has vanished forever. Many birds and animals cannot find good homes in the new given locations. This leads to the next major problem, which is: 2. Pollution: Because we have been destroying our natural resources due to the act of deforestation, the carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that plants kept in control because the constantly used it, is now on the loose, taking in global warming into the picture. Also, the animals whom once had a constant, everlasting cycle of fresh air, only have the last remaining gasps of polluted air, leading this back to urbanization and the seemingly infinite production of cars, all leading back to the vicious cycle of urbanization, deforestation, pollution, and finally the last major threat that is faced: 3. Loss of Lives ( Animal, Plant and Human Alike): Because of new terminal sicknesses. Due to the past discussed circumstances, it all leads to this unwanted ending, where majority of our population, no matter whether it is humans, other animals or plants,die out because of a broken ecosystem, where plants are not here to filter the air, animals lose their home, global warming reaches its full potential, pollution is in drastic chaos, and we are all suffering from painful diseases and cancers.

= How to prevent such disasters? =

We can prevent these disasters in at least 2 ways, 1. Recycling: Everyone knows that recycling does help. Recycling minimises the cutting down of trees and the burning down of fossil fuels. Which in turn also saves birds and other animals living in trees their homes. We would not have to cut down as much trees as we had done before we recycled. But this way does not fully help to prevent disasters, as it only minimises it. Nonetheless, we should still recycle to minimise the chances of us using up all our natural resources. 2. Cleaning pollution: Since we were the ones who had caused water, land and air pollution, we should also do something about it. To prevent animal and plants from losing their lives because of pollution, we can start campaigns that can clean ponds, rivers, beaches, etc. We can even plant plants to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. The ecosystem would be a better place for animals to live in.