The upper layer of the rainforest is known as the canopy - and it's got its own little mini ecosystem going on! 9. Lots of cool animals live in rainforests You might already know about some rainforest animals l
Life thrives in the rainforest. One tenth of all of the Earth's species are found in the Amazon Rainforest. Colourful toucans hop from branch to branch, howler monkeys call from the treetops, and tapirs rummage through the leaves on the forest floor searching for food. However, the rainfo...
Interestingly, there are no known fossils of toucans (Ramphastidae) except for some remains found of a toco toucan which date to the Pleistocene Era, about 20 million years ago. Toucans are believed to share an ancient ancestor with barbets. Species of toucans developed during times when ...
The Amazon river is the world's second longest river. It is about 6,400 km/ 4,000 miles long. The river flows through Peru, Colombia and enters the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil. Amazon rainforest in Brazil The Amazon rain forest is the largest rainforest in the world. About 60% of the ...
Keel-billed toucans are also known as “rainbow” toucans due to their large, colorful bills. They are also called “sulfur-breasted toucans” because they have a bright yellow patch on their breasts. These tropical birds thrive in the humid climates of Central and South America. They are ...
South America’s Amazon rainforest is the world’s biggest tropical rainforest. It dwells around 40,000 plant species, roughly 1,300 bird species, 3,000 different types of fish, 427 animal species, and 2.5 million insects. Although rainforests have been dubbed the “Earth’s lungs,” it is...
in the rainforest include mammals such as sloths, tapirs, jaguars, tigers, howler monkeys, spider monkeys and orangutans; reptiles such as caimans and the green anaconda; amphibians such as poison dart frogs and the red-eyed tree frog; and birds such as toucans, macaws and the harpy eagle...
They usually make their nests in the hollow area of the trees. They normally use the upper canopy of the rainforests so that they can be camouflaged in the thick foliage and are safe from their predators like the toucans, snakes, monkey and a few other large mammals. A scarlet macaw if...
Are These Baby Dinosaurs or Baby Toucans? If any bird looks like it belongs in Jurassic Park, it’s the toucan. Birds are living dinosaurs, after all, and… Watch This Elephant Herd Gently Wake Sleeping Hippos Do elephants and hippos get along? The answer can be found in this fascin...
Budgerigars are local to Australia. Amazon Parrot –Amazon parrots are medium sized, short-tailed parrots native to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. These birds are primarily green with bright accenting colors, differing by the species. Eclectus Parrot are found in Western ...