TROPICAL RAINFOREST

COUGARS

• Their habitats are mountains,hilly woodlands,and southern swamps;southwestern Canada,the United States west of the Rocky Mountains and in southern Florida,Mexico,Central America and South America
• Their diet consists of deer ,rabbits,hares,raccoons ,and rodents
• Their predators and threats are bears,wolves,and humans
• Their scientific names are the Felis Concolo
• Their lifespans are an average of12 years

TOUCANS

• Toucans eat mostly fruit,but also eat bird eggs,insects,and tree frogs
• Their large bill allows them to cool in the hot environment that they live in
• Its bill is very light because it is made out of keratin
• Its bill is not used as a weapon,but many animals are intimidated by its size
• Although the beak of the toucan is not used as a weapon,it is a useful tool for eating fruits

MACAWS

• Wild Scarlet Macaws eat mostly fruits and seeds including the hard seeds
• Scarlet macaws are endangered due to habitat loss and capture as pets
• The Scarlet Macaw's usual habitats are the emergent layers of the rainforest
• Scarlet Macaws can fly at speeds up to 35 miles per hour
• Macaws are the largest parrots in the world

RED EYED TREE FROG

• The red-eyed tree frog is an arboreal hylid native to Neotropical rainforests where it ranges from Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia. I
• These nighttime eaters eat flies, crickets, moths, grasshoppers, and sometimes even smaller frogs!
• Its lifespan is up to 5 years
• Its predators are Bats, owls, snakes, tarantulas, toucans, and young alligators.
• The scientific name is the Agalychnis callidryas

SLOTHS

• Sloths sleep during the day.sleep about 15 to 18 hours each day, hanging upside down
• Sloths are part of the order Pilosa and are therefore related to anteaters, which sport a similar set of specialized claws.
• Sloths are omnivores. They may eat insects, small lizards and carrion, however, their diet consists mostly of buds
• Sloths live in the tropical rainforest of Central and South America
• Of those, the pygmy sloth is critically endangered and the maned sloth is vulnerable.

Bromeliad

• Bromeliads are related to the pineapple family
• The animals that die on it decompose the bromeliad with nutrients
• There are more than 2,700 species of bromeliads
• Bromeliads are native to the Neotropics. One species now thrives in western Africa, and is thought to have been introduced accidentally.
• The bromeliad is in the family Bromeliaceae

LIANAS

• Lianas are a type of climbing vine found throughout tropical rainforests
• When lianas reach the top of the canopy they often spread to other trees or wrap themselves around other lianas
• Lianas are thick, twisted vines which loop around tree trunks to reach the sunlight
• Lianas are especially characteristic of tropical moist deciduous forests and rainforests, including temperate rainforests.
• Lianas may be found in many different plant families

PASSION FLOWERS

• The passion flower is one of the most elaborate of all flowers found in the rainforest
• They are native to the Western Hemisphere and mostly grown in temperate climate gardens
• It's located in many tropical and semi-tropical areas from North America to South America
• It's known historically for being in gardens of Aztec priests and kings
• Its scientific name is Passiflora

VICTORIAN WATER LILLY

• The genus name was given in honour of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
• In South America it grows in the backwaters of rivers in the Amazon basin, the Guianas and the Pantanal
• Pests and diseases are kept at bay with the provision of plenty of rich fertiliser, but aphids can be a problem
• If the plant becomes pot-bound, the crown tends to lift until it is raised out of the water
• Although not currently thought to be threatened, this plant lives in a highly specialised habitat

FUNGUS

• Most fungi are closely associated with dead or living plants, and sometimes with animals
• Fungi grow in virtually every area of the planet — they occupy tropical biomes as well as temperate zones
• Fungi feed by absorbing nutrients from the organic material in which they live
• Genetic studies have shown that fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants
• They may become noticeable when fruiting, either as mushrooms or as molds

LANDSCAPE

• Tropical rainforests are located near the equator
• Other tropical rainforests are located in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands and West Africa
• Temperate rainforests are found along some coasts in temperate zones
• The largest temperate rainforests are found on the Pacific coast of North America
• They stretch from Oregon to Alaska for 1,200 miles

WEATHER

• The climate of a tropical rainforest is very hot and wet
• The average temperatures of a tropical rainforest are about 80 degrees F all year round with an exception of cool nights
• The humidity of a tropical rainforest is usually 85%
• During the day it is usually 80% and at night it is usually even higher at 95%
• The reason for so much humidity is that all of the sun shine forms water vapor, which forms clouds, which turn into rain.

FUN FACTS!

• An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second!
• Giant bamboo plants can grow about 9 inches a day!
• 80%of Australian rainforest flowers are not found anywhere else in the world
• 1 out of 4 ingredients in our medicine is from rainforest plants
• About 2,000 trees per minute are cut down in the rainforests