Just the Facts

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Introduction

• Just the Facts!
• There are more species of animal life in the rain
  forests than any other place.
• Most animals live in the canopy.
• There are 30,000,000 species of plants, animals,
  and insects.

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More Facts about the Animals of the Rain Forest

• Animals of the tropical rain forests have an
  environment that stays hot all year around.

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Life in the Top Layer in the Rain Forest

• It is also called the Emergent or Top Layer.
• This layer is considered the Penthouse layer,
  which is 120-150 ft. tall.
• Many animals spend their lives in the trees and
  never descent to the ground.

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The Emergent Layer of the Rain Forest

• Some of the animals in the Emergent Layer or Top
  Layer are the morpho butterfly, the hawk,
  proboscis monkey, and the harpy eagle.

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Morpho Butterfly

• Facts about the butterfly
• Lives in North, Central and South America
• Migrates south to California, Florida, and Mexico
• The wingspan is 10 cm and lays eggs on milkweed
  leaves

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Hawk

• They are predators that differ in color and size.
• They feed on living, cold-blooded and
  warm-blooded mammals and reptiles.
• They build twig, bark, and leaf nests high in the
  tree tops.

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Proboscis Monkey

• They are chestnut red with white on their bellies
  and their faces. The males are 76 cm long and the
  females are shorter.
• They have a long and flat fleshy nose that droops
  over their chin.
• They eat leaves and fruit and they are great
  swimmers.

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Harpy Eagle

• They feed on living mammals or cold-blooded
  rodents.
• They live high in the tops of trees in nests made
  of twigs, bark, and leaves.
• They range in size from 10 to 20 in. long.
• They differ in color.

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The Umbrella or Canopy Layer of the Rainforest

• This layer is a continuous layer of green and has
  medium sized trees which form a solid roof.
• Some of the animals in the Umbrella Layer are

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Three-toed Sloth

• They work upside down on the trees and seldom
  come down to the ground.
• They are very slow in movement.
• They have very small ears and tails.
• Their hair is long, gray, and coarse.

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Toucans

• Toucan live in Central and South America.
• Toucans use their huge bill to attract mates.
• The largest toucans are 25 inches long.
• They eat mainly small fruits.

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Spider Monkeys

• They have long tails, slender limbs and great
  agility.
• Lives in Southern Brazil and Central Mexico
• Their fur is gray to brown.
• They eat fruits and nuts.
• They are eaten for their flesh.

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Porcupines

• Porcupine use their quills as a means of defense.
  
• Their victims may die from infections caused by
  the germs on the quills.

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The Canopy Layer (continued)

• The fruits and nuts of the upper and lower canopy
  furnish food for
• Bats, gibbons, monkeys, squirrels, parrots, and
  toucans.

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Different Animals Feed on the Leaves of the Trees.

• Hummingbirds and sunbirds also sip nectar from
  flowers there.

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Animals in the Canopy Layer

• (continued)
• Frogs, lizards, and snakes also dwell among the
  branches.
• Large birds and large snakes prey on the small
  animals.

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Canopy Animals suited to the treetop life.

• Flying lemurs and flying squirrels glide from
  tree to tree.
• Galagos and marmosets jump from branch to branch.
  
• Several kinds of anteaters, monkeys, opossums,
  and porcupines sometimes hang by their tails.

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The End.