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How weird and wonderful are creatures in the rainforests?

How weird and wonderful are creatures in the rainforests?. By Brianna, Bella. C, Holly & Hannah. How Weird and Wonderful are the Creatures in the Rainforest?. The Bullet Ant The Harpy Eagle The Okapi The M ata- mata. The Bullet Ant. The Bullet Ant. Grows to 3cm

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How weird and wonderful are creatures in the rainforests?

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  1. How weird and wonderful are creatures in the rainforests? By Brianna, Bella. C, Holly & Hannah

  2. How Weird and Wonderful are the Creatures in the Rainforest? • The Bullet Ant • The Harpy Eagle • The Okapi • The Mata-mata

  3. The Bullet Ant

  4. The Bullet Ant • Grows to 3cm • Nests found underground at the bases of canopy trees • Eat insects, spiders, nectar and get their water from dew droplets Sounds pretty normal?...............

  5. The Bullet Ant • Delivers the most painful sting out of any hymenoptera in the world. • Sting lasts for 24 hours – 3-5 of which rival being shot. • 30x more painful than a bee sting • Bite not lethal – just extremely painful • Only attack when defending themselves or their territory

  6. The Bullet Ant

  7. The Harpy Eagle

  8. Facts about the Harpy Eagle Its name comes from Harpies of Greek Mythology Has a wingspan of 2 metres Covered in black, white and grey feathers They are designed for speed and maneuverability. Lives predominantly in the Amazon Rainforest The Harpy Eagle

  9. Nest in the emergement layer and lay 1-2 eggs at a time. • Lifespan of 35-45 years • Carniverous, daytime hunters, feeding on animals in the trees. • Can carry prey up to half their weight. • Reach speeds of 80km/h • One of the worlds most powerful eagles The Harpy Eagle

  10. What If We Do Nothing About Harpy Eagles? • The harpy eagle only lives only in northern South America • It is already an endangered species • Harpy Eagles are being threatened by habitat loss, hunting and low rate of reproduction • The smallest pressure on their species could permanently eliminate them from an area causing extinction.

  11. The Amazing Okapi!

  12. The Okapi The Weird and Wonderful Okapi! The okapi is a beautiful and unusual animal. Their natural habitat is the Ituri Rainforest. The okapi is the only living relative of the giraffe. Females are slightly larger than males and they can grow between 2 and 2 ½ meter's in length.

  13. Facts and Information about the Amazing Okapi- • They feed primarily on buds, leaves and shoots. • Okapis often travel up to a half mile (0.8 kilometers) a day in search of food. • They are generally solitary animals. • When a calf is born it is able to stand approximately 30 minutes after birth • On average an okapi may live up to 20-30 years. • The number of okapis is not known, but the number might be in the tens of thousands.

  14. What if we do nothing? Destruction of habitat and accidental trapping by human is causing the endangerment of the Okapi. Located in Central Africa. Leopard is the Okapi’s main predator.

  15. The Matamata

  16. Location • This map shows where the Matamata is mainly found. • The Matamata inhabits muddy, sometimes stagnant, shallow pools and streams in northern South America

  17. Information • This turtle looks like it is smiling the whole time and it is frilly. • It eats like a vacuum cleaner sucks up dirt. • It’s head is shaped like a triangle.

  18. Fun Facts • The Matamata is one of the largest freshwater turtles • Matamata means 'I kill, I kill'. • They are not very good swimmers.

  19. What if we do nothing? • Deforestation, poaching and low density are threatening these species to the brink of extinctionIf nothing is done to help these species, then they may become extinct, causing problems to arise on the food chainThis will impact on other creatures living patterns, possibly eradicating them from the wild.If we do nothing about these animals now, then the impacts will go around in a circle, possibly wiping out everything.

  20. Bibliography • Seevers, Cody. "Harpy Eagle - HarpiaHarpyja." Harpy Eagle. N.p., 2006. Web. 3 Nov. 2012. <http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/harpy_eagle.htm>.Juergens, Paul. "Harpy Eagle." Harpy Eagle. The Peregrine Fund, n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://www.peregrinefund.org/subsites/explore-raptors-2001/eagles/harpyeag.html>.Zoological Society of San Diego. "Animal Bytes: Harpy Eagle." San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Harpy Eagle. San Diego Zoo, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2012. <http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-harpy_eagle.html>.Cooper, James. "Nature Wildlife- Harpy Eagle." BBC News. BBC, 2008. Web. 7 Nov. 2012. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Harpy_Eagle>. • K. (2008). MATA MATA TURTLE. ThinkQuest. Retrieved November 07, 2012, from http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210360/matama.htm • Morgan, R. C. (n.d.). Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute, SASI Online, Bugs, Insects, Arachnids, entomology and more. Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute, SASI Online, Bugs, Insects, Arachnids, Entomology and More. Retrieved November 7, 2012, from http://www.sasionline.org/default.asp?go=antsfiles/pages/bullet/bulletbio.htmlHadley, D. (2012). A Brief Introduction to All Kinds of Ants. About.com Insects. Retrieved November 8, 2012, from http://insects.about.com/od/antsbeeswasps/tp/all-kinds-of-ants.01.htmAuthor Unknown. (2012, October 20). Bullet ant. Wikipedia. Retrieved November 1, 2012, fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_ant • Kirkpatrick, D. T. (1992, September/October). MatamataTurtles. MatamataTurtles. Retrieved November 1, 2012, from http://www.unc.edu/~dtkirkpa/stuff/mata.html

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