Animals in the Amazon rainforest

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Animals in the Amazon rainforest
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Callan

• THE ANACONDA
• The anaconda is the largest and most powerful
  snake in the world.
• Its average length is 20ft and its weight is
  148.5 kg.
• It kills its prey by constriction, or squeezing.
• The female anaconda gives birth to live young.

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Ellis

• Location Central and South America
• Size - Squirrel Monkeys only grow up to 25
  35cm, their tail though grow up to 35 42cm
• Weight Weighs up to 750 1100g
• Squirrel Monkeys live in large groups of up to
  500 monkeys.

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Tent-Making Bat Uroderma Bilobatum
By Hattie

• Most bats make their homes in caves and holes in
  trees but the tent-making bat uses a large leaf
  (usually palm and banana-like leaves) to make
  itself a tent. The bat chews through a leaf until
  it droops making a shelter that can fit up to
  fifty bats inside! This tent can usually last
  around two months.
• The tent-making bat is found mainly in lowland
  tropical forests (and sometimes in gardens) in
  the south of Mexico, Bolivia, south east of
  Brazil and Trinidad.
• The tent-making bat is not currently endangered,
  but, since it relies mainly on vegetation (for
  its food and home) it will be at risk if its
  habitat continues to be destroyed.

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THE HOWLER MONKEY
By Jack Linton

1. Howler monkeys are about two feet long, with a
   thirty inch tail. They weigh about fifteen
   pounds.
2. Howler monkeys are vegetarians, eating flowers,
   fruits and leaves. They are herbivores, or plant
   eaters.
3. Howler monkeys will give a loud call to warn
   others that an enemy is near. They will also use
   their long tails to swing through the trees to
   escape as you can see on the picture. They have
   powerful, muscular bodies.

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1. Jaguars are very hard to see as their spots help
   them camouflage very well into the scenery.
2. Jaguars are very good hunters because they can
   run quite fast and can climb trees extremely
   well. Also their Jaws are so tough they can break
   a Turtle shell.
3. Their Paws are padded and enable them to creep
   around silently. Jaguars hunt at night because
   they dont like you looking at them.

By Jacob
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Jay

• Flamingos
• They are pink,
• They are migrating,
• And they sleep when they are standing.

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Michael

• Tiger live in areas where there is a lot of cover
  and plenty of prey
• Their habitat are in mountain ranges and forest.
• For the Bengal tigers ,they are found mostly in
  the Himalayas and it surrounding forest.

Thanks for pointing out that the Amazon is not
the only rainforest!!
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Jaguar King of the Amazon by Ryan

• The Amazon river runs from the Andes to the
  Amazon rainforest. The Jaguar is an apex or
  keystone predator and is important for the
  eco-system.
• The Latin name for the Jaguar is Panthera Onca,
  which has the Greek word for leopard (Panthera)
  and a Spanish word (Onca). It is a
  stalk-and-ambush predator and kills via a
  powerful bite to the skull but may also employ
  strangulation. It is fond of water and can swim.
• Jaguars weigh 56-96 kilograms (124-211 lb) and
  are 1.62 metres (5.3-6ft) long. It is short and
  stocky and is suited to climbing crawling and
  swimming. It is covered in dots called rosettes
  for camouflage.
• It is the national symbol of Brazil. The Indians
  here thought its fat was magical. It also played
  an influential role in ancient South American
  cultures e.g. Mayas and Aztecs.

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By Sabrina

• Pronounced as (tay-peer), it is one of the oldest
  Brazilian Amazon primitive large mammal, they are
  actually related to horses and rhinoceroses. Its
  size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man.
• Also the region's largest land herbivore, the
  tapir is easily recognized by its unusual
  proboscis, which functions like an elephant
  trunk. They use this trunk to grab branches and
  clean them of leaves or to help pluck tasty
  fruit. As they roam and defecate they deposit the
  seeds they have consumed and promote future plant
  growth.

• All four tapir species and they are from South
  America, Southeast Asia, Malaysia and Sumatra.
  They are all endangered or threatened, largely
  due to hunting and habitat loss.

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AMAZON - BY THOMAS APPLEBY

• HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION- This is a flying
  mammal, adaptable to disturbed as well as mature
  rainforest and cultivated areas like plantations
  and gardens where it makes a roost by chewing
  down the rib of a large leaf, the sides of which
  then fold down to conceal the animal.
•  The species is common and widespread, found
  throughout tropical America west of the Andes
  from southeast Brazil and Bolivia to southern
  Mexico.
• FEEDING AND DIET- Tent-making bats feed on
  insects, fruit and nectar insects are usually
  caught on the wing, while the bat will hover or
  crawl to access fruit and flowers.

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• the Golden-Lion Tamarin by Zoe
• The Golden-Lion Tamarin, is a new world monkey,
  of the family, Cebidae. And is also a Endangered
  Species.
• Fully mature at 2-3 years, the Golden Lion
  Tamarin is able to breed at eighteen months of
  age. The breeding season is from September to
  March. Less than half of the infants survive
  their first year of life. If they do, a lifespan
  of about 8 years can be expected. The oldest
  recorded Tamarin died at the age of 31.

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The Pink River Dolphin
By Adriana
1. The Pink River Dolphins are the most
intelligent of their species, in fact their brain
capacity is 40 larger than humans! 2. The
reasons for the unique coloration of the pink
dolphins are poorly understood, but the presence
of capillaries near the surface of the skin
probably accounts for much of its characteristic
pink flush. Other reasons may include the age of
the animal, chemical disposition of the water
(especially iron content), and the temperature of
the water. 3. Crustaceans, catfish and small
fresh water fish. A unique characteristic of the
pink river dolphin is the infused vertebrae in
its neck, which allows for the 180-degree head
turn, giving them a greater flexibility in
floodplain forests, grassland, tributaries and
shallow waters. They have a hump on their back
instead of a dorsal fin.
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My Amazon animal The Ocelot

1. The Ocelot is one of the only cats that
   likes swimming.
2. The Ocelot is not much bigger than a
   domestic cat.
3. It is a close relative of the leopard.
   

By Bethany Twidale
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By Toby

• The horned frog can grow up to 8 inches.
• These frogs have very sharp teeth and have the
  nickname Pac man frogs.