estherrrr's Identifications

The snail is about 20cm in length and 5-7cm in height. The shell is shaped like a cone unlike other more spherical shells of snails, and is primarily brown. The whorl of the snail is at the back not the side like it is most commonly, and is quite small. There is a certain pattern on the shell - stripes going either a vertical direction or a horizontal on different sections. The shell looks really hard and difficult to break. The upper and lower tentacles of the snail is a tan shade, the head a darker brown, and the foot a charcoal grey. All of these parts look relatively scaly and slimy and have a wet sheen. As seen in the photo, the snail leaves a slimy residue to its path. If you flip the snail over, you can see that the mantle of the shell is also grey and that the underside of the snail is a gradient of grey to tan.

This berry looking plant has many black purple bubbles and smaller white bubbles that are made of tinier bubbles
Both coloured berry looking flowers are breakable by squeezing them, and has a bit of weight
The whole flower is about the size of a child's palm
It is surrounded with long thin leaves that help stabilise the berry looking flower
The whole flower including the stem and the leaves attached to it would be estimated to be about 90-110cm tall and 70-80cm wide for each flower plant
The leaves are generally long and spreads to about 60-80cm in length, and they have a thick and rough texture

This 1-2cm long small insect has a brown colour in general, but also some yellow and dark lime green colour added onto its legs and the antenna. It's legs are very interesting because not only are they slightly transparent, but the feet part have a ball looking shape that is supporting it to stand or stick onto objects and 2 tiny fang looking feet on each side of the ball. When I tried to make it move, it ran away with its legs very fast

The Grey Heron was approximately 1m tall. It had a grey plumage with a long black crest on its head, the neck was white with black stripes on the front as far as I could tell, and its feathers were ashy to charcoal grey (all indicators that this was an adult heron). It had a long, thin, and seemingly sharp yellow bill (though it looks slightly dirty in the photo). Its legs were yellowish-brown and thin, as well as its "toes" were sprawled out flat. As seen in the photograph, when the heron flies, its neck is tucked in and the black feathers versus the grey wing is very distinct. The shape of the heron is an 's' figure from its head to its body.

The color of the plant is a dark crocodile green, and its stem just a little bit lighter than that. It grows in clumps and has quite a large width. The clumpier bunches are closer to the ground and maybe only 40cm tall, whereas the single stem leaves are about 1m-2m tall. The leaves of the plant are long, ridged, and glossy. They are stiff and fans out from a slender petiole. The tips of the leaves are blunt and jagged (forming an 'm' shape). There are about 10-15 leaves on each stem and they are all individually spread out.

The turtle has an elongated oval carapace that is domed and serrated near the hinds of the organism. The pattern of the shell is similar to average turtles except this one is more "broken up" and unsymmetrical. The turtle is a dark brown-green color, while its underside is a pattern of both light green and yellow. It has red ears on the side of its head but it is a bit darker in the picture probably due to the water/dirt. The green head of the turtle is rounded with a long snout and notched upper jaw. Its texture looks scaly and moist, as well as there is some sort of sheen film on top of it (water/slime?). There were many turtles ranging from 40cm to smaller.

This plant is about 3-5m tall and looks more like shrubs/small trees. The stem and leaves are a medium green color while the flowers/buds are a vibrant crimson red (perhaps to attract pollinators). The flower buds look like raspberries from afar, but a closer look reveals a more spherical shape and some sparser clumps. The buds open to a hemispherical, red, puffy flower head that is about 7-8cm across. The puffy facade is due to the masses of scarlet stamens that is attached to a central point. Though it looks sharp, the stamens are actually quite soft and fluffy, and hence sensitive.

The snail is about 20cm in length and 5-7cm in height. The shell is shaped like a cone unlike other more spherical shells of snails, and is primarily brown. The whorl of the snail is at the back not the side like it is most commonly, and is quite small. There is a certain pattern on the shell - stripes going either a vertical direction or a horizontal on different sections. The shell looks really hard and difficult to break. The upper and lower tentacles of the snail is a tan shade, the head a darker brown, and the foot a charcoal grey. All of these parts look relatively scaly and slimy and have a wet sheen. As seen in the photo, the snail leaves a slimy residue to its path. If you flip the snail over, you can see that the mantle of the shell is also grey and that the underside of the snail is a gradient of grey to tan.

The duck was about 45-50cm in length. It has a mostly brown plumage, a dark brown/black stripe on its crown, and some dark spots on its breast. It has a long neck that is sightly lighter in color, thin, and curves inward towards the breast. The duck's beak is a solid brown/black color. Its feathers are quite long and form some sort of pattern with a dark black/brown center and a lighter red-brown on the edges of each feather (creates a centric design). There is no visible neck ring. The feathers on the wing are a mixture of white, red-brown, and black/brown, while the feathers towards the end of the duck is almost purely black/brown, has no patterns, and seem to be less layered and softer. This is similar to the Lesser Whistling Duck except it lacks a yellow eye ring and red rump.

This is an erect and short-lived type of grass (though its abundance resembles weeds). It is only about 50-70cm tall. It is slightly bent at the base, but the rest of the stem is straight and flat (around 50cm). The stem is quite thin (sensitive) and has a dark green color. There are some leaf blades from the roots to the midsection of the plant and they are narrow, flat, and maybe only 10cm tall. If you look closely at the leaves, you can also spot some minimal hair. At the top of the plant is its flowers which form a fan shape and is made up of densely cluttered spikes that look similar to Cohon Grass. Though the spikes are cluttered, the awns are placed proportionally. The spikes are a medium purple color with some hints of yellow, and they grow upward. The spikes are fairly long for its size and thin (easily swayed/broken by wind). The Finger Grass is a simple plant that densely overlaps each other and I assume to reproduce quickly.