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The Rainforests. By: Megan Shaw Science 8. Index:. Animals Mac aw Tree frog Capybara Pictures fun facts Kinds of rainforests How much rain is in a rainforest Rainforest cafe Sources. Animals. Ant Eater Ants Bats Capybara Howler Monkey Jaguar
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The Rainforests By: Megan Shaw Science 8
Index: • Animals • Macaw • Tree frog • Capybara • Pictures • fun facts • Kinds of rainforests • How much rain is in a rainforest • Rainforest cafe • Sources
Animals • Ant Eater • Ants • Bats • Capybara • Howler Monkey • Jaguar • Macaw • Mosquitoes • Sloth • Spider Monkey • Tapir • tarsier • Toucan • Termites
http://www.oas.org/children/animals/macaw.jpg Macaw • There are 17 species of macaws • Are members of the parrot family • The birds have large powerful beaks that break nuts and seeds • Have a bone in their tongues • Have gripping toes to grab onto branches • Are very social animals and gather in Groups from 10-30 • Flocks sleep in trees at night • The Latin name is Ara auricollis
Tree frog http://www.animalpictures1.com/postcard.img988.htm • Their size varies from 1.5 cm to 10 cm • Have strong, long legs • They are able to cling to trees • They are able to jump 40 times their own height • They hunt for their food at night (insects and other invertebrates • Frogs inhabit the area all around water • The Latin name is Agalychnis callidryas
https://mvscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/the-capybara.jpg/70150585/the-capybara.jpghttps://mvscience.wikispaces.com/file/view/the-capybara.jpg/70150585/the-capybara.jpg Capybara • The Latin name Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris • Diet of grasses • Habitats- tropical grasslands, freshwater • Relatives- mouse, giant jumping rat • Is the worlds largest rodent (compared to rats and mice) • Is semi-aquatic
Fun Facts • A piece of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second • Bamboo grows up to nine inches a day!!!!! • Rain takes 10 minutes to reach the ground!!! • Algae grows in the sloths fur because the sloths move so slow • Some monkeys are omnivores eating both plants and animals • 2000 different species of butterflies are found in the Southern Rainforest • The rainforest is home to 8000 different plants • Frogs, squirrels, and snakes are included of the flying animals
Kinds of rainforests • Tropical and temperate forests are the two types of rainforests in the world • There are rainforests in Central America, the Amazon, Africa, and Southern Asia, Australasia
How much rain is there in the rainforest • There is 80 inches yearly in the rain forest http://morddel.typepad.com/.a/6a010535b78b35970b0112791675e728a4-800wi http://users.maui.net/~tradewds/images/rainbow1.jpg
Rainforest Café The rainforest cafes are every where in Canada and the United States they have one in Niagara Falls on that street and one in Yorkshire, and many other places across the world The animals in the rainforest café come to life and start moving and dancing and stuff according to my friend that went there she said that it was cool but things that come to life for me would very creepy but that’s my opinion
Websites http://photos.igougo.com/images/p355720-Niagara_Falls-Rainforest_Cafe.jpg http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/treefrogs.php http://www.rainforestcafe.com/default.asp http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/macaw.html http://www.learnanimals.com/red-eyed-tree-frog/ http://www.birdcare.com.au/scientific_names.htm http://www.rebsig.com/capybara/