Tropical Rain Forest

~Zoologist ~Lexyc123

Tropical Rainforest Animals

South America

Spider Monkey• Eat mostly fruit,

nuts, seeds, insects, and bird eggs.

• Most are black, but can be colors like brown, red, golden, and buff.

• Spider monkeys are very social animals, they gather in groups of 2-3 dozen animals called troops

Capybara• As adults they weigh

about 100lbs.• As adults they stand

about 2ft tall.• They eat mainly

grasses and aquatic plants.

• They are highly social and live in groups controlled by the dominate male.

Electric Eel• Can be as long as

8ft.• Can weigh up to

60lbs.• Is not really a true

eel, it is an electrical fish.

• They are not aggressive, but may produce a damaging shock when surprised or stepped on.

Piranha• Range in color from

yellow to steel-gray to bluish to partly red to almost black.

• Have many razor-sharp teeth.

• As adults they eat meat, they eat aquatic and land animals that are in the water.

Caiman• They swim very well

using mainly there tails.• Can be about 20ft long.• They are most active at

night which is when they hunt.

• They have about 75 long sharp teeth they use to catch their pray but the do not chew it up they swallow it whole.

Tropical Rainforest AnimalsAustralia

Duck-billed Platypus

• Babies hatch from eggs, but also drink mothers milk.

• Have a life span or 10-17 years.

• Are about the size of a pet cat.

• Males are venomous they have poisonous spikes on there back legs which they use for self defense.

Echidna

• Uses its long sticky tongue to catch ants, termites, other insects, and earthworms.

• Is an egg laying mammal.

• There are long nosed and short nosed Echidna

• Is a nocturnal animal.

• Eat leaves, fruits, and other such food sources.

• They stick to trees very well because of there cushioned feet.

Tree Kangaroo

Dainty Green Tree Frog

• Are normally forty-five millimeters in length.

• Will squeak if scarred or disturbed.

• Feet are webbed, with large round toe discs.

• Eyes are normally black with orange.

Frilled Lizard

• Love the sun.• When startled frill puffs

out from the neck and shoulder area.

• Length can be 70-95cm long.

• The males are brighter than the female.

• Are not poisonous or harmful to people.

References

• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimals.shtml

• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/spider-monkey-facts.html

• http://www.rebsig.com/capybara/• http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Amazonia/Facts/

capybarafacts.cfm• http://whozoo.org/Intro2000/tashcorm/

tempagetwo.htm• http://rainforest-australia.com/Litoria_gracilenta.htm