Red+Eared+Slider

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 * __Introduction__**
 * Common Name:** Red Eared Sider
 * Scientific Name**: Trachemys scripta
 * Characteristics:** Red spots behind eyes
 * Habitat:** Slow moving water sources with mud bottoms

__**Location**__ [|slider.kmz] (Click file to view Google Earth tour) Origin- Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico, and the East Coast to western Texas is where the Red-Eared Slider's origins are located. Current location - the turtle has spread to the California area as well as Pennsylvania and Florida.

__**Invasive Qualities**__ Description - This is Mrs. Fogell Period 8's Red Eared Slider Animoto, created by John Kirtz

Intro Slide - Red Eared Slider Slide 1 - We Eat Mad Food Yo. Slide 2 - I outcompete other turtles and ruin ecosystems.


 * __Control__**

Methods of regulating or controlling the population of Red Eared Sliders are: Insert Horizontal Black Line
 * 1) Catch and removing them from the wild!
 * 2) Hunting, trapping, and collecting eggs and hatchlings.
 * 3) Educational study.
 * 4) Don't release pet red eared sliders into the wild.


 * __References__**

Control References:
 * wikipedia.org/red-eared_slider
 * anapsid.org/reslider.html
 * http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/1037.htm
 * www.columbia.edu/.webloc
 * http://bss.sfsu.edu/holtzman/courses/Fall01%20projects/reslider.htm