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The Rainforest

The Rainforest. By: Nic Grube. Animals Of The Rainforest. The Golden Lion Tamarin The Capybara The Black Caiman The Bengal Tiger The Silvery Gibbon The Slender Loris The Kinkajou The Binturong The B asilisk Lizard The Pygmy Marmoset. The Golden Lion Tamarin.

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The Rainforest

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  1. The Rainforest By: Nic Grube

  2. Animals Of The Rainforest • 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

  3. The Golden Lion Tamarin http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/van_anim_tamarin.htm

  4. The Golden Lion Tamarin • Only about 400 of them are left in the Amazon. • 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. • Acrobatic, quick-moving monkeys • Analytical masters of their arboreal world. • Endangered and lives in the Tropical Rainforest

  5. The Capybara http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Amazonia/Facts/capybarafacts.cfm http://gainesvillewildlifecontrol.com/gainesville-alachua-high-springs-branford-can-you-say-capybara/

  6. 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

  7. The Black Caiman • http://www.theanimalfiles.com/reptiles/crocodiles_alligators/black_caiman.html • http://www.flickriver.com/photos/artour_a/4594734018/

  8. 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

  9. The Bengal Tiger • http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bengal-tiger/

  10. 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.

  11. The Silvery Gibbon • http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/silvery_gibbon.htm • www.daughterearth.com

  12. 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 2-3 years between births

  13. The Slender Loris • http://animal.discovery.com/guides/endangered/mammals/slender-loris.html • http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=22

  14. The Slender Loris • Weigh 103 – 172 grams • Has long and slender arms and legs • Curl up in balls during days and are active and social at night • The Highland Slender Loris lives at the canopy level at 1,800–2,300 meters altitude • The Red Slender Loris lives at the primary and secondary lowlands level up to 900 meters in altitude

  15. The Kinkajou • http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0310/feature2/zoom2.html

  16. 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

  17. The Binturong • http://a-z-animals.com/animals/binturong/pictures/1187/

  18. 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

  19. The Basilisk Lizard http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/green-basilisk-lizard/

  20. 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

  21. The Pigmy Marmoset http://pygmymarmoset.net/pygmy-marmoset-pictures.html

  22. 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

  23. Plants Of The Rainforest • 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

  24. The Rafflesia Plant http://www.arkive.org/rafflesia/rafflesia-spp/image-G19163.html

  25. The Rafflesia Plant • Largest single flowers in the world • Can reach over 90cm across • Has leathery petals • Actually a virus, but grows on host(Tetrastigma Vines) • Found in primary and secondary rainforests

  26. Bromeliads http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/plants/bromeliads.html

  27. 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

  28. The Strangler Fig http://www.mongabay.com/04strangler_fig.htm

  29. The Strangler Fig • Hollowon inside • A root that starts in ground then slowly grows up host tree • When host tree dies it leaves the inside hollow • Produces large amounts of fig fruit • Hard for loggers to cut through so usually stay there when a forest is cleared

  30. Lianas http://www.tutorvista.com/biology/plants-in-a-tropical-rainforest http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/plants/lianas.html

  31. Lianas • Thick, woody stems • Can grow up to 3000 feet • Attach to trees and grow on trees towards sunlight

  32. Bengal Bamboo • http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_plant_page.htm • ` `

  33. Bengal Bamboo

  34. The Giant Corpse Flower

  35. The Giant Corpse Flower

  36. The Bladderwort

  37. The Bladderwort

  38. The Victoria Amazonica

  39. The Victoria Amazonica

  40. The Walking Palm Tree

  41. The Walking Palm Tree

  42. The Belladonna

  43. The Belladonna

  44. Rainforests Around The World 1.) The Amazon Rainforest • 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 • Location- Africa • Fact- Covers more than1,000,000 square miles 3.) Other Rainforests • 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

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