By : Shawn grade six

Tropical rain forest animals

About half of all the world's animal species live in tropical rainforests, from mammals to fish and from insects to birds. All of them learn to how develop new abilities in order to survive , eat and live.

Rain forests

The South American jaguarhas developed the ability to swim well in its wet rainforest home over time inorder to hunt and get food

South American jaguar

Spider monkey are usually found in the western hemishphere, they eat fruits and plants. Spider monkeys can hang by their tails and can pick objects up with it by  curling it.

Spider monkey

Sloths are extremely slow-moving mammals found in the rainforest canopies of Central and South America.

Sloth

Because there are so many creatures living in the rainforest, there is a great deal of competition for food, sunlight and space. Animals have developed special features in order to survive. This is called adaptation . In this picture you see how the parrot adopted feathers

parrot

There are about 40 different kinds of toucans .The popular toucan is an icon of the Amazon rainforest and among the best known Amazon rainforest animals toucans can lose up to 60 percent of their body heat through their beak

toucans

These beautiful birds are 12 – 15 inches tall and can come in many colors. They eat seeds and can live as long as 120 years.

cockatoo

The green iguana usually live 40 – 50 feet above the ground. An iguana is a herbivore so it eats plants.  Green iguanas are also known as bamboo chickens and are famous of their imprresive difence.

Green Iguana

The komodo dragon is known as the biggest living lizard on our planet and can wheigh more than 80 kg ,sometimes weighing as much as 300 pounds (135 kg).Like real dragons, the comodo dragon is a carnivore .

The Komodo dragon

Tarantula usually eats grasshoppers and insects and sometimes even vertebrates.it is usually 13 inches in length and is aggressive only when provoked

Tarantula

The Madagascar Tomato Frog got it's name from the bright red color of it's skin . The lifespan of the tomato frog can be from 6 to 8 years. Tomato frogs tend to eat small insects and invertebrates.

Madagascar Tomato Frog

 Yellow-Banded Poison Frog found in the northern part of continent of South America and is using warning colors to warn about its poisen.every frog is unique with its own colors and spots and are 31 to 38 mm long.

Yellow-Banded Poison Frog 

The perfect resting place for an emerald boa is a 0horizontal branch overhanging water and the deeper one goes into the Amazon, the bigger they get (the scarier they get).they are found in the forests of South America and These boas reach 2.2 m (7.25 ft) long and 5 cm (2.2 in) in diameter.

Emerald Boa

Assassin bug eat other insects and when there is not enough food they eat their own kind.thay are killers and that’s why they are called assassin bugs

Assassin bugs

Thw green basilisks ( also called Jesus Christ lizard) are remarkable lizards that can run across the surface of the water.there is also a legend that talks about the magical powers of the basilisk that can kill anybody within a look.

The Green Basilisk

Black Caimans are meat eaters that are very large and live in South America in the Amazone Basin.They spend most of their life in the water and are hunting and mostly active at night

Black Caimans

The Small Eared Zorro lives in south america's forests and is 28 to 38 inches long and weights 20 to pounds 22 . Very little is known about this mysterious fox which is active at night.

The Small Eared Zorro

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