Transcript Rainforest Animals

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Capuchin Monkey
Capuchin Monkey
 The Capuchin Monkey usually lives in the amazon
rainforest. They inhabit a large range in Brazil and
other parts of Latin America. Capuchin monkeys are
omnivorous so they feed on fruits, nuts and seeds as
well as insects, spiders, bird eggs and small
vertebrates. They may even feed on small
vertebrates, such as lizards and bird chicks. Big cats
like a cheetah for example feed on the capuchin
monkey. Capuchins can jump up to nine feet (three
meters), and they use this mode of transport to get
from one tree to another. Remaining hidden among
forest vegetation for most of the day, capuchin
monkeys sleep on tree branches and descend to the
ground only to find drinking water.
Spider Monkey
Spider Monkey
 Spider Monkeys live in tropical climates, specifically the
evergreen forests of Central and South America. They can also
be found as far north as Mexico. Thriving in the upper canopy,
spider monkeys hunt with ease and without the competition of
other primates. Spider monkeys are omnivorous more
specifically they are categorized as fruigivorous because of
their fruit and seed based diet. They also tend to feed on
young leaves, flowers, aerial roots, occasionally bark and
wood, honey, insects and bird eggs. Pumas, snakes, jaguars,
ocelots, and eagles have all been known to eat these
monkeys .Spider monkeys eat while hanging, climbing or
moving. They lack an opposable thumb, which is not a less
evolved trait, but rather a result of their environmental
adaptation. This is due to the fact that they are accustomed to
travel from tree to tree in their arboreal surroundings and the
thumb is not highly needed.
African Elephant
African Elephant
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The African forest elephant lives in the equatorial forests
of central and western Africa and are smaller and stockier than
savanna elephants, only reaching about 8 feet tall instead of
13 feet. Their tusks are straight rather than curved so that they
don’t get caught in the underbrush and vines of the forest, and
they use them for digging roots and stripping bark off trees.
They are also used to defend itself from predators such as lions
and to fight with other male African forest elephants during the
mating season. They are smaller so they can move easier
around the dense forests. The African forest elephant is a
herbivore and commonly eats leaves, fruit, and bark. It eats a
high portion of fruit and is sometimes the only disperser of some
tree species. They are sometimes referred to as “forest
gardeners” due to their significant role in seed dispersal and
maintaining plant diversity.
Bullet Ant
Bullet Ant
 The Paraponera clavata, otherwise known as the bullet ant, is
an ant native to humid lowland rainforests in Nicaragua and
the extreme east portion of Honduras, south to Paraguay. Bullet
Ants are known for their stings and the tremendous pain that
arises from the multiple bites that it is able to deliver in only a
few seconds. Some would say that being bit by a Bullet Ant is
the equivalent of being shot one time, hence why these ants
have been given their names. Bullet Ants eat the nectar of
numerous plants and have the tendency to return the nectar
to the nest where more ants will be able to feed. They also use
their powerful stings to kill much larger animals. The main cause
of death for Bullet Ants are phorid flies that attack only injured
ants. Theses phorid flies are attracted by the scents of injured
ants and are able react to an ant’s death within two to three
minutes. Bullet Ants can be considered secondary consumers
because of the powerful punch that they pack in each
fastened bite, making them a much more dangerous threat to
larger animals in the rainforest.
Tamarin Monkey
 The Emperor Tamarin is a small species of monkey founded in
the forests of South America. The Emperor Tamarin was named
because of it's elegant white mustache. There are two
subspecies of Emperor Tamarin found in the south west
Amazon Basin. The bearded Emperor Tamarin inhabits the rain
forests throughout Brazil and Peru, and the black chinned
Emperor Tamarin that actually has no beard and is distributed
throughout the rainforests of Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. The
Tamarin usually eats plants, but it is also known for eating fruit,
tree sap, insects like butterflies and spiders and small
invertebrate like lizards and small tree frogs. The female
tamarins can only see in three colors and the males can only
see in two so they have advantages because they are able to
decipher foods and other things that may be camouflaged.
The tamarins weigh very little, therefore they are able to swiftly
move through trees and branches while other heavier monkeys
can not. And lastly, the have long nails that allow them to grab
their prey easily.
Gliding Tree Frog
Gliding Tree Frog
 Gliding tree frogs live in tropical and subtropical
wetlands (some in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,
and Panama) and swampy areas. Most of their time is
spent in high trees, they’re nocturnal. They only go to
the ground during mating season. They are
carnivorous and eat things like crickets, flies, and
moths. Things that eat them are: snakes, birds,
monkeys, and large rodents. Ways that it adapts are:
Its colors change from light (day) to dark (night) and
their large webbed toes help them glide and move
easier through their habitat (trees) and makes it easier
for them to do things like searching for food. This
species is equipped to live in the rainforest and
outcompete its opponents because it is small, and its
adaptations make is easier to hide from predators
and easier for it to survive.
Red Crab Spider
Red Crab Spider
 Red Crab Spiders can be yellow, white, or pale green,
depending on the color of the flower or leaf that they are
trying to blend in to. To trap their prey, they use camouflage
hunting techniques and instead of using a web, they use their
front legs to catch their prey. (They use camouflage to acquire
food and to avoid predators) Since they use camouflage and
barely like to move around, it can be very difficult to spot a
Red Crab Spider with a naked eye. They mainly eat insects
and bees. The predators of this type of spider are birds, lizards,
and shrews. The Red Crab Spider can be found in a number of
locations including: Africa, the Amazon Rainforest, the Arctic,
Asia, Australia, China, Europe, the Indian subcontinent,
Madagascar, the Mediterranean, North America, Russia, South
America, and the United Kingdom.
Slime Mold
Slime Mold
 Slime molds are normally found on the forest floors of
deciduous or tropical rainforest. Slime molds were
once considered fungi, but unlike fungi, they can
move. There are two types of slime molds: plasmodia
and cellular. They eat decayed vegetation, bacteria,
fungi, and other slime molds. During good conditions,
they live independently like an amoeba. But when
conditions are poor, the individual cells gather
together to form a single structure. Plasmodial slime
molds and cellular slime molds reproduce by
producing spores that are released when conditions
are favorable, however, cellular slime molds remain
individual cells with one nuclei.
Howler Monkey
 Howler Monkey's are the largest of all the New
World monkeys and they are native to the
tropical forests of Central and South America.
Their diet consists mainly of leaves, fruits and nuts,
such as the fig. The howler monkey has adapted
to live and eat in this environment by having a
long tail used either to hold themselves onto
branches or to even pluck fruit. They also have
have loud vocalizations, or "howls" used for
territory protection and mating. The only danger
that they need to watch out for are hunters and
poachers. Otherwise they are safe at the top of
their food chain, and at the top of their tree.
Macaranga
Macaranga
 Macaranga Tanarius, found in South East Asian,
Papua New Guinean, and east of Australian
rainforest. It is a Pioneer plant that grows in or
near coastal rainforests. It is a producer which
has a mutual relationship with ants which attack
herbivorous insects and either drive them away
or feed on them. It is a shrub or bushy tree
reaching 12 m and a stem diameter of 40 cm, a
short and crooked grey brown bark, bumps and
irregularities. Smooth branches and bluish grey
with leaf scars and germinate seeds with no
difficulties.