Transcript The Rainforest

The Rainforest
By: Nic Grube
Animals Of The Rainforest
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The Golden Lion Tamarin
The Capybara
The Black Caiman
The Bengal Tiger
The Silvery Gibbon
The Slender Loris
The Kinkajou
The Binturong
The Basilisk Lizard
The Pygmy Marmoset
The Golden Lion Tamarin
http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_tamarin.htm
The Golden Lion Tamarin
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Only about 400 of them are left in the
Amazon.
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Huge rivers , barren lands, and croplands
make it so these monkeys are hard to get to
and so its hard for the monkey to get out as
well.
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Acrobatic, quick-moving monkeys
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Analytical masters of their arboreal world.
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Endangered and lives in the Tropical
Rainforest
The Capybara
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Amazonia/Facts/capybarafacts.cfm
http://gainesvillewildlifecontrol.com/gainesville-alachua-high-springsbranford-can-you-say-capybara/
The Capybara
 Weigh
more than 100 lbs.
 An herbivore that eats grass and aquatic
plants
 Highly social and males control groups
 Can remain underwater for up to 5
minutes
 Reddish Brown fur on top and Yellow
Brown fur underneath
The Black Caiman
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http://www.theanimalfiles.com/reptiles/crocodiles_alligators/black_caiman.html
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/artour_a/4594734018/
The Black Caiman
 Feed
on fish, water birds, Capybara, and
sometimes domestic animals
 Lay 30-65 eggs
 Usually lay eggs in mound of vegetation
and soil
 The Female watches the eggs
 Can grow to be 13 – 20ft long
 Live in lakes and slow moving rivers
 Jaguars as well as humans are predators
of the Black Caiman
 Life Expectancy is 50 – 80 years
The Bengal Tiger
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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bengal-tiger/
The Bengal Tiger
 Have
great power and strength and are
the largest of the cat family
 Most common tiger and populates about
half of the tiger population
 Lives in India and is sometimes known as
the Indian Tiger
 Are hunted for body parts and for the use
in Chinese medicine
 This species is endangered and its roar
can be heard from 2 miles away
 Life Span is 8 – 10 years in the wild
 Weighs anywhere from 240 – 500lbs.
The Silvery Gibbon
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http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/silvery_gibbon.htm
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www.daughterearth.com
The Silvery Gibbon
 Make
a song that can be heard over a mile
and last 7 minutes (Only females sing)
 Live in treetops of the Javas Rainforest
 Songs can be different and can show territory
(Territory is about 42 acres)
 If intruders are seen it is the males job to crash
through the forest after them
 Known as lesser apes and have no tail
 Usually weigh only 13lbs. And have long arms
 Eats fruit, flowers, and young leaves
 Gestation Period- 7-8 months and must wait 23 years between births
The Slender Loris
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http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/mammals/slender-loris.html
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=22
The Slender Loris
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Weigh 103 – 172 grams
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Has long and slender arms and legs
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Curl up in balls during days and are active and
social at night
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The Highland Slender Loris lives at the canopy level
at 1,800–2,300 meters altitude
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The Red Slender Loris lives at the primary and
secondary lowlands level up to 900 meters in
altitude
The Kinkajou
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0310/feature2/zoom2.html
The Kinkajou
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/kinkajou.htm
 Sleeps
in upper canopy and in holes in trees
 Nocturnal
 Weighs anywhere from 3 to 10lbs.
 Golden-Brown fur
 Round head, big eyes, small ears, and snout like
a bear’s
 Soles of feet provide grip
 Moves by climbing and jumping
 Solitary and can live over 23 years
 Rarely seen ,but not endangered
 Carnivore
 Prehensile tip to tail which helps climbing
The Binturong
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http://a-z-animals.com/animals/binturong/pictures/1187/
The Binturong
 Carnivore
 Long
snout and many teeth
 AKA Bearcat
 Females 20% larger and heavier than males
 Dark-Brown to Black shaggy, coarse fur and
tipped with gray
 Prehensile tip to tail that helps climb and acts like
an extra leg
 Nocturnal
 To big to leap from tree to tree so must climb
down tree then walk to another
The Basilisk Lizard
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/green-basilisk-lizard/
The Basilisk Lizard
 AKA
plumed or double-crested basilisk
 Able to run on water
 Spend time in trees, but are always close to water
 If threatened it can drop from tree and land in
water and run 5 feet per second across the
surface
 Can go across surfaces of water for 15 feet or
more
 Even when in water they swim very well
The Pigmy Marmoset
http://pygmymarmoset.net/pygmy-marmoset-pictures.html
The Pigmy Marmoset
 Usually
have twins, but can have triplets and
quadruplets
 Newborns must be fed every 2 hours
 Claws that help cling to trees
 Omnivore
 Can live to be 15 years old
 Small size helps hide from predators
 Still chases intruders on their territory even though
they’re so small
Plants Of The Rainforest
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The Rafflesia Plant
Bromeliads
The Strangler Fig
Lianas
Bengal Bamboo
The Giant Corpse Flower
The Bladderwort
The Victoria Amazonica
The Walking Palm Tree
The Belladonna
The Rafflesia Plant
http://www.arkive.org/rafflesia/rafflesia-spp/image-G19163.html
The Rafflesia Plant
 Largest
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single flowers in the world
reach over 90cm across
leathery petals
 Actually
Vines)
 Found
a virus, but grows on host(Tetrastigma
in primary and secondary rainforests
Bromeliads
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/plants/bromeliads.html
Bromeliads
 Thick,
waxy leafs
 Related
to pineapple family
 Bowl
shape in center of leafs
 Bowl
shape makes great habitat for small animals
 When
animals die it gives the plant nutrients
The Strangler Fig
http://www.mongabay.com/04strangler_fig.htm
The Strangler Fig
 Hollow
on inside
A
root that starts in ground then slowly grows
up host tree
 When
host tree dies it leaves the inside hollow
 Produces
 Hard
large amounts of fig fruit
for loggers to cut through so usually stay
there when a forest is cleared
Lianas
http://www.tutorvista.com/biology/plants-in-a-tropical-rainforest
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/plants/lianas.html
Lianas
 Thick,
 Can
woody stems
grow up to 3000 feet
 Attach
to trees and grow on trees towards
sunlight
Bengal Bamboo
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http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm
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Bengal Bamboo
The Giant Corpse Flower
The Giant Corpse Flower
The Bladderwort
The Bladderwort
The Victoria Amazonica
The Victoria Amazonica
The Walking Palm Tree
The Walking Palm Tree
The Belladonna
The Belladonna
Rainforests Around The World
1.) The Amazon Rainforest
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Location- South America
Fact- Home to 1/5 species of all plants and 1/10 of all
mammal species. Also home to second longest river.
2.) The Congo Rainforest
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Location- Africa
Fact- Covers more than1,000,000 square miles
3.) Other Rainforests
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Location- Madagascar or Central Africa
Location- South East Asia and Southern Asia- Bangladesh,
Borneo, Java, Burma, and even Malaysia
Location- Australia- New Guinea and New Zealand
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html#AF