Ella’s Rainforest Slideshow!

In the rainforest everyday is nearly the same. It’s a very wet environment. Did you know that the total rainfall in a year is 1500 to 2500mm! It’s pretty obvious that it rains everyday. The temperature is 30 to 35 degrees during the day and when night falls it’s 20 to 25 degrees.

Weather/Climate

Interesting Facts• An area of a rainforest the size of a

football field is getting destroyed every second.

• Giant bamboo can grow up to 9 inches a day.

• 80% of flowers in Australian rain forests aren't found anywhere else in the world.

• Experts estimate that we are losing 137 plant, animal and insect species every single day due to pulling down the rainforest.

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More Interesting Facts

• Did you know that 6% of the earth is rainforest and it is home to over half the worlds species of birds and plants.

• 1/5 of the worlds plants and birds and 1/10 mammals are found in the Amazon!

Plants of the Rainforest

Bromeliads- These plants are related to the pineapple family. Their thick, waxy leaves form a bowl shape in the centre for catching rainwater.

Buttress Roots- Some very tall trees have developed ways of having much needed additional support by forming buttressed roots, which grow out from the base of the trunk sometimes as high as 15 feet above the ground.

Carnivorous Plants- The best known of these is probably the Venus fly trap, But more impressive is the pitcher plant Nepenthes rafflesia, found in southeast Asia. This plant grows to 30 feet tall and may have pitchers 12 inches in length, usually full of digested insects. Pitcher plants also eat small mammals and reptiles that attempt to steal the insects from the pitcher.

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More Plants of the Rainforest

Epiphytes- Epiphytes, or air plants, grow everywhere but

can be found mainly on the branches, trunks, and even the leaves of trees.

Lianas- Lianas are a type of climbing vine found throughout

tropical rainforests. They have thick, woody stems and come in various lengths (up to 3,000 feet) and different shapes.

Orchids- Orchids comprise is one of the most varied

flowering plant families. There are over 20,000 known species and orchids are especially common in moist tropical regions.

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Animals of the Rainforest

Spider Monkey-Spider monkeys are large in size. Adult monkeys grow to be almost two feet tall excluding the tail. They have a powerful tail that they use as an extra limb. Spider monkeys like to hang upside-down with all four limbs and the tail holding on to branches which makes them look like a spider.

Toucan-There are about 40 different kinds of toucans. They

vary in size from about 7 inches to a little over two feet. They have short and thick necks.

Poison Arrow Frog-Poison-arrow frogs are social frogs

found in Central and South America. They are known by their bright colours which warn other animals that they are poisonous. It’s poison is one of the most powerful known and can cause paralysis or death. Images off

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More Animals of the Rainforest

Macaw- Macaws are the largest of all parrots. There are 16 different species of macaws and they range in size from a little over three feet to one foot. They have tails that are as long or longer than their bodies. They also have long, pointed wings that enable them to fly swiftly.

Sloth- Sloths are extremely slow-moving mammals found in the rainforest canopies of Central and South America. There are two species of sloths, two toed and three-toed. Most sloths are about the size of a small dog and they have short, flat heads.

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Locations Worldwide

Rainforests have a lot of location around the world. They are located mainly around the equators. Locations include: Central America, India, Amazon, Australia, Africa and Southern Asia.

More Locations WorldwideCentral America- A lot of rainforests in Central

America has been demolished for sugar can farms and cattle ranching. A lot of plants found in these rainforests are found nowhere else. Central America is famous for it’s large amount of tropical birds, including many types of parrots.

The Amazon- The amazon jungle is the biggest rainforest in the world. The Amazon also has the second longest river in the world.

Africa- Africa holds the second largest rainforest in the world, the Madagascar. But a lot of it is gone.

South East Asia-The rainforests of Asia stretch from India and Burma in the west to Malaysia and the islands of Java and Borneo in the east.  Bangladesh has the largest area of mangrove forests in the world.

Rainforest Food Chain

Tiger

Gazelle

LeavesGrass

Hog

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