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LAYERS. PLANTS. ANIMALS. MORE ANIMALS. FACTS & FIGURES. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 5. 5. 5. 5. 5. 10. 10. 10. 10. 10. 20. 20. 20. 20. 20. This is The top layer of the Rainforest. The tallest trees can be found here. What is the Emergent Layer.
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LAYERS PLANTS ANIMALS MORE ANIMALS FACTS &FIGURES 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20
This is The top layer of the Rainforest. The tallest trees can be found here.
This layer of the Rainforest is home to animals such as Sloths and Howler Monkeys. They can be found “just hanging around.”
This layer of the Rainforest sees the most sunlight of all the layers.
This layer is just underneath the Rainforest “umbrella.” It extends from the Forest Floor to the base of the Canopy
This plant is the biggest in the whole world. It can grow to be over 1 meter in diameter
This is the World’s largest grass. It is native to many parts of the world.
This type of plant is sometimes called an air plant. It grown on leaves and branches high in the canopy.
It was not until Europeans added sugar and milk to cacao that the world came to know this sweet treat
This is the original base for chewing gum. It comes from the latex (sap) of a tree native from southern Mexico to northern Brazil.
This mammal is usually dark brown in color. It can usually be found near water because of its great ability to swim. It’s scientific name is Tapirus terrestris
This reptile glides from tree to tree on winglike skin flaps
This is the loudest animal in the Rainforest. You can hear him from 3 miles away.
This butterfly is a common poisonous butterfly that eats poisonous milkweed in its larval stage and lays its eggs on the milkweed plant.
This snake is the biggest snake in the world. Also known as the Water Boa, this giant, meat-eater lives in swampy areas of tropical (warm) South America.
This is a large, flightless bird from Australia and New Guinea. It is the biggest bird in Australia and the second-biggest bird in the world
This mammal lives in Mexico, Central America and South America. They live in forests and swamps and plains. It has a long sticky tongue that catches insects and very long, strong claws.
This is the world's largest rodent. It has no tail and partially-webbed feet. It lives on river banks
About 2,000 of these are cut down per minute in the rainforests
____________________acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries.
Rainforests are home to this fraction of the earth’s living species
