The document describes the site, plant, and animal studied by the author for their ENBE project. The site was the Forest Reserve Institute of Malaysia (FRIM), which contains tall trees, a river, and lake. In this lake, the author observed their plant, the tropical water lily, and their animal, the Arapaima gigas fish. The water lily has floating pads and roots, and the Arapaima gigas can grow over 8 feet long, requires air every 5-15 minutes, and acts as the top predator in the lake. The author provides detailed descriptions of the habitat, anatomy, ecology, and importance of both their selected plant and animal.

1. ENBE Project One
Habitat and Creature

2. My Site - FRIM
I went to Forest Reserved Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) for my ENBE project
one. Saw a lot of big and tall trees around this area, so I chose this as my site.
Besides all those big and tall tress, it has a small river and a lake beside the
trees and that’s where I found my plant (water lily) and animal (arapaima
gigas) I want to research on.

3. My Site - FRIM
Pictures of my animal and my plant.

4. 5 Senses

5. 5 Senses
a) Lots of tall
trees
b) A river &
lake
c) Saw some
insects and
birds
d) Saw some
special
plants
a) Cricket
sounds
b) River
streams
c) Blowing
Wind
d) Birds
Chirping
a) Wet and
sandy river
b) Rough
stones
c) Uneven
surface of
tree barks
d) Smooth
Leaves
e) Moist and
muddy
grass
a) Tasteless
and a bit
fishy of the
river
b) Bitter taste
of the
leaves
c) Tasteless
rocks
a) Earthly
grass smell
b) Fishy river
smell
c) Fresh air
Sight Hear Touch Taste Smell

6. My Creature
Arapaima Gigas
(Dragon Fish)

7. My Creature - Arapaima Gigas
(Dragon Fish)
Biogeographic Regions :
Neotropical
Habitat Regions : Tropical
freshwater
Terrestrial Biomes : Rainforest
Aquatic Biomes : Lakes and ponds,
rivers and
streams
Wetlands : Swamp
Family: Osteoglossidae
Genus: Arapaima
Arapaima gigas is the only generally-
recognized species of the arapaima.
In 1829, Swiss biologist Louis
Agassiz produced a monograph of
another proposed species found in
the Brazilian Amazon and named
Arapaima agassizii in 1847.

8. My Creature - Arapaima Gigas
(Dragon Fish)
Anatomy and morphology
Can grow up to 2.5 meters (8.2 ft)
The maximum-
cited weight for the
species is 200 kg
(440 lbs).
One of the most
sought after food
fish species in
South America.
Requires the
arapaima to surface
for air every 5 to 15
minutes.

9. My Creature - Arapaima Gigas
(Dragon
Fish)
Ecology
 The diet of the arapaima consists of fish, crustaceans, even small land
animals that walk near the shore.
 It is the top predator in such lakes during the low water season, when the lakes
are isolated from the rivers and oxygen levels drop, rendering its prey lethargic
and vulnerable.
 The fish is an air-breather, using its labyrinth organ, which is rich in blood
vessels and opens into the fish's mouth, an advantage in oxygen-deprived water
that is often found in the Amazon River.

10. My Creature - Arapaima Gigas
(Dragon Fish)
Importance to humans
The tongue of
this fish can kill
intestinal worms
by drying it and
mixing it with
guarana bark.
Arapaima's bony
tongue is often used
to scrape cylinders
of dried
guarana, an
ingredient in some
beverages
The bony scales
can be used as
nail files.
In the Amazon
region, the locals often
salt and dry the
meat, and can be
stored for a long time
without rotting.

11. My Plant
Water Lily

12. My Plant - Water Lily
Habitat Region : Tropical Freshwaters
Order : Nymphaeales
Family : Nymphaeaceae
Genus/Scientific names : Nymphaea
Uses: Cut flowers or attracts
butterflies
Genera : i) Barclaya
ii) Euryale
iii) Nuphar
iv) Nymphaea
v) Ondinea
vi) Victoria

13. My Plant - Water Lily
Water Lily (Flower)
A waterlily flower has
numerous petals that
open to reveal the male
sex organs (stamens) that
surround the central
female organ (pistil) that
contains one or more
ovaries.
Roots
Water lilies have
spreading rhizomes and
roots that anchor the
plant deep in the mud of
still, fresh surface water.
The roots take up
nutrients, as well as small
reserves of water.
Lily Pads
Water lilies spread to
accommodate the area
they are growing
in, filling the surface of
the water with lily pads.
Lily pad growth
continues throughout
the growing season.
Stems (Petiole)
The water lily stems, or
petioles, which connect the
floating leaves to roots
anchored at the bottom, are
usually longer than necessary
to allow the floating leaves
to reach the water surface.

14. My Plant - Water Lily
Differences between hardy water lilies and tropical water lilies
Hardy Water Lilies
Many, though not all, float on the surface
of the water and many are cup-shaped with
some starry.
Hardy pads are rather thick and leathery
with smooth edges.
Hardies grow horizontally from and along
a fleshy rhizomatous rootstock.
Propagation - From division for exact
duplication, from seed for variation
According from what I see from the water lilies in the lake I
found, I’m sure it is a tropical water lily, not hardy.

15. My Plant - Water Lily
Tropical Water Lilies
All stand above the water and shapes
are usually starry but some varieties are
more cupped.
Tropicals grow from a single central
crown. All leaves and flowers radiate from
this point and growth is vertical.
Tropical pads are usually somewhat thin
with edges slightly scalloped or toothy.
Propagation - From tuber and division
for exact duplication, from seed for
variation. In some varieties known as
"viviparous", from new plants produced
on the leaves.

16. My Plant - Water Lily
Each leaf lasts about
6 weeks before
turning yellow.
Tropical water lilies
have much stronger
fragrance, even
stronger than the hardy
water lilies.
Tropical Water Lilies
come in bright shades
of
white, yellow, orange, p
ink, purple, blue, and
red.
They tend to bloom for a
month or two and it stays
open later in the day. The
tropicals require warmer
temperatures than he
hardies to bloom.
The pads are larger
than the hardies and
often taking up much
more space in the
water than they do.