The first organism I found was a scud. They are close relatives to crayfish and shrimp. They like shallow water and are more abundant in areas with no fish. An interesting fact about them is that they are most active at night and swim on their sides. After I put him in my tank I noticed that he likes to swim to the top of the water then slowly float down.
The next organism I found was a snail. Pond snails can cover part of their oxygen needs by tissue breathing which helps them live in the water. Although they live in the water they still have lungs. When I put the snail in my tank he liked to stay on the edge of the tank near the surface of the water.
The final organism I found is , I think, a mosquito larvae. They have an air tube to breath through while they're in the water. I believe this picture is of the other end because it's rounder. It was very tiny so why I put it in my tank I had a hard time finding it again.
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