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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		What Makes the Snapping Sound Around Lily Pads in Lakes?
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:38
	Publish Date:		2021-07-26 10:18:00
	Description:		Inspired by a Curious North question, this week’s Wildlife Matters finds the Masked Biologist pondering what might be causing a snapping or popping sound in and around lily pads. The answer may surprise you. If you weren’t already aware, WXPR has a great feature called Curious North. You can submit your questions or ideas you have about a variety of topics here in the Northwoods, and staff and feature writers (like myself) help answer them. Today’s episode of Wildlife Matters was inspired by a Curious North question: What is the snapping sound that seems to go with lily pads in lakes? As a wildlife biologist, I tend to focus more on terrestrial habitats, as that is where most of my focal species tend to live. However, shorelines are an extremely important habitat for a wide variety of wildlife, especially amphibians, waterfowl and furbearers. To know aquatic plant species is to be able to analyze water quality and wetland health. So, while I admit I am not great at deep water habitats,
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