The Rain Forest An Animal Research Project

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The Rain ForestAn Animal Research Project

• byMrs. Biedermanns Third Grade
• Sageville School
• Dubuque, Iowa
• March 2005

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ToucanSarah Schmitz

• Toucans live in the canopy perched in the
  rainforest.
• Toucans pluck fruits like berries and figs, but
  mostly small fruits.
• Scientists are not sure why the bill of the
  toucan is so big. It is strong and lightweight.
• There are about 40 kinds of toucans. The largest
  toucan is called the Toco Toucan, and the
  smallest toucan is called the Aracaris.
• When toucans go to sleep they turn their heads to
  the side and lay their bills on their backs. Then
  they fold their tails over to cover them up.
• The toucans enemies are big cats, owls, man, big
  snakes, and harpy eagle.

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KinkajouCarmen McDermott

• The kinkajou lives in the rainforest trees of
  South America, Southern Mexico Belize, Brazil,
  and Ecuador, and also as pets.
• The kinkajou is related to the raccoon , coatis,
  ringtail cat, and perhaps the panda.
• The kinkajou has hands similar to a human.
  However, there is no thumb.
• The kinkajou is noctunral , and it eats honey,
  eggs, greens, and insects during the night.
• The kinkajous average height is two feet , and
  there average weight is sin and one half pounds.
• The kinkajous lifespan is twenty to twenty-five
  years.

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The TapirClayton Hilby

• Tapirs live by rivers in the rainforest.
• Tapirs are plant eaters.
• They dig up fruit, leaves, and other plants with
  their snout
• The tapir is the largest native mammal weighing
  300 pounds to 600 pounds.
• Its front foot has four toes and the hind foot
  has three toes.
• Jaguars and people are their enemy.

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SlothMichael Eyres

• The sloth is almost the slowest animal in the
  rainforest.
• The sloth lives mostly in the under story and a
  little on the forest floor.
• Sloth live in trees and hang upside down.
• The sloth swings from branch to branch.
• At night the sloth slowly wakes to eat.
• The sloth is really quiet.

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TarsierLibby Butt

• The tarsier lives in the canopy of the
  rainforest.
• Their huge eyes make it a ruthless nighttime
  hunter.
• The tarsier is a carnivore, it eats little
  animals.
• Its body grows to be three or four inches to
  about six inches.
• The tarsiers head can turn all the way around.

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AnteaterNatalie Fischer

• An anteater lives in South America on the
  rainforest floor.
• Its wormlike tongue can reach two feet, and each
  day the anteater eats thousands of insects.
• The anteater measures about six feet from its
  head to its bushy tail.
• Their enemies are jaguars, pumas, and humans.

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SlothTrevor Tharp

• Sloth can live for thirty years in the canopy of
  the rain forests in South America.
• Sloth eat fruit, leaves, buds and young twigs at
  night.
• Sloth are extremely slow, so mold grows on them
  to camouflage them from predators.
• Sloth give birth upside down and can stay upside
  down for eighteen hours.
• Sloth are nocturnal animals and sleep during
  daytime.

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Emerald Tree BoaRain Harlow

• The emerald tree boa hangs from rainforest trees
  and then sneaks up on passing animals.
• This powerful snake curls up and crushes its
  victim before swallowing it whole.
• After a large meal the boa may sleep for a week
  to five months without eating.
• Its favorite meal though is a small mammal such
  as a mouse or a possum.

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Poison-Arrow FrogWill Davis

• The poison-arrow frog of the Amazon Rainforest is
  also called the poison-dart frog
• One frogs touch can kill 20,000 mice making the
  frog very protected. Wow!!!
• If a bird tries to eat a poison-dart frog it will
  spit it out in a hurry. The bird wont die, but
  it will avoid tiny colorful frogs.
• The mother frog lay six eggs not in a pond but on
  a leaf.
• This tiny frog doesnt need to leap away from
  danger it has no enemies!

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AnacondaBrady Breitbach

• Anacondas live on the forest floor.
• The anaconda is also known as the water boa.
• Anacondas have teeth, but they arent a venomous
  snake.
• Anacondas dont kill with their teeth, but they
  kill by constricting (squeezing) their prey
  until it can no longer breathe.
• Anacondas are carnivores (meat-eaters) because
  they eat pigs, deer, crocodile birds, fish,
  jaguars, and other animals.
• The young anaconda is called a neonate.

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Red-Eyed Tree FrogRandy Kauffmann

• Red eyed tree frogs can be found in the trees of
  many rainforests.
• Their toes help them climb up tall trees.
• They have really long tongues to eat many insects
  like flies, lady bugs, and ants.
• Red eyed tree frogs do not move fast, they move
  slowly.

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Giant EagleQuinn Wagner

• Each rainforest has its own type of giant eagle,
  in South America is the harpy eagle
• Giant eagles catch monkeys, sloth and other large
  pray in the canopy layer of the rainforest
• Big cats like jaguars and giant eagles are the
  largest predators in the rainforest
• The largest ever known ones are the New Zealand
  or the giant eagle
• The giant eagles wing span measured up to three
  meters and its talon claws were about 7.5 cm long!

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JaguarMitchell Gibbs

• Did you know that a jaguars scientific name is
  panther onca?
• The biggest cat in South America is the jaguar,
  it lives on the forest floor.
• A jaguar is a predator , so it eats meat like
  peccaries, rodents, fish, deer, and even turtles.
• A jaguar would rather wait and pounce on its food
  than stalk it.
• Jaguars have nearly died out because people are
  destroying its home.

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YonomomiRobert Robey

• Did you know that people live in the rainforest
  ?
• Rainforest children do not have to go to school,
  they learn from the tribe masters.
• Many rainforest people paint their bodies for
  decoration.
• A person in the modern world may live for
  over 70 years, but few rainforest people
  survive more than 40 years.
• Over eighty different tribes have died out
  in Brazil since 1900.