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Howler Monkey By Amber Dumoulin Introduction The Howler monkey is interesting to learn about. They are 2 feet + 30” tall. They are 15 Lbs. The adult males are black and brown. The females and the young are lighter in color . The Howler Monkey is a fascinating animal of the rainforest.
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Howler Monkey • By Amber Dumoulin
Introduction • The Howler monkey is interesting to learn about. They are 2 feet + 30” tall. They are 15 Lbs. The adult males are black and brown. The females and the young are lighter in color . The Howler Monkey is a fascinating animal of the rainforest.
Animals Living Habits • They are vegetarians. • They feed on flowers fruits and leaves. • Life span 20 years. • LARGEST new world monkey. • 4 or 8 members in a troop. • Each troop has it’s own territory in which it lives and feeds.
Habitat • Lowland forest. • Size of Territory depends on the size of the troop, ranging from 3 to 25 animals. • They defend their territory from other troops. • They live in Southern brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia.
Interesting Facts • It’s the loudest monkey of land animals. • It can be heard up to 3 miles 4.8 KM away. • It’s nickname is Baboon.
Scarlet Macaw • Peter Ryan
Introduction • The Scarlet Macaw is a great animal to study. It is about 35 inches long. It has bright red feathers with bits of yellow, and blue. It’s beak is very curved. That’s why the Scarlet Macaw is a great animal to study.
Animals living habits • Eat fruit, seeds and nuts. • Are seed predators. • Destroy the seeds. • Sometimes seen eating clay from the river banks. • Live in canopy and emergent layer of the rainforest.
Animals Habitat • Nest in holes • Fly very fast. • Fly in small flocks.
Interesting Fact The young stay with parents for 2 years
Morpho butterfly By Minjae Shin
Introduction The Morpho Butterfly is one of the most amazing insects! The Morpho butterfly is a species of neotropical butterflies. Under its wing, it has bronze colored eyespots . The caterpillar has red-brown and bright green lines on the back . The female is not as colorful as males . That is why it is one of the most amazing insects .
Habitat • They fly through the clearings in the canopy layer. • Rain forests of South America
Animals living habit • They eat plants . • They start as an egg, then a caterpillar, then a chrysalis ,then a butterfly .
Interesting Facts • Large • beautiful butterfly • Flutter from flower to flower • Take time to morph from a caterpillar to butterfly
Poison Arrow Frog • JOE PIRRETTI
Introduction The poison arrow frog is one of the most amazing rainforest animals. The poison arrow frog doesn’t hibernate or migrate. They are very small, almost 1\2 inch in length. They can be green or blue with black patches. I like learning about the poison arrow frog.
Living Habits • They eat ants, termites, flies, small beetles, spiders etc. • Like all amphibians, frogs spend their lives near water.
Animal Habitat • Lives in tropical rainforests of South and Central America. • It likes to stay on the floor of the rainforest in moist and shady places. • It can’t be eaten by other animals but it can eat almost any insects.
Interesting Facts • Their bright color serves as a warning to other animals that they are poisonous. • Some native Indians used the poison for their weapons. • The poison affects the nerves and muscles when it enters the blood stream. • Some carry their tadpoles to pools to protect them from danger.
Emerald Tree Boa • Paul Martucci
Introduction The Emerald Tree Boa is an amazing animal of the rainforest. It has powerful muscles. It is emerald green with white bands. The Emerald Tree Boa is an amazing animal to learn about.
Living Habits • Eats birds and rodents • Hunts at night • Meat eater
Habitat • Lives in Brazil, South America. • Lives in trees
Interesting Facts • It’s jaws open VERY wide. • They are solitary.
Orangutan • By Rachel Maass
Introduction I like reading about Orangutans. Their fur is reddish-brown. They have large, bulky bodies. They’re also the second largest of the primates. The orangutan was an interesting animal to learn about.
Animal’s Living Habits • Eat fruit, leaves, seeds, young birds, and eggs • size:1.2-1.5 m (4-5ft.)tail • Swing from branch to branch
Habitat • The rain forest (the Canopy Layer) • Southeast Asia • On the islands of Borneo and Sumatra
Interesting Facts • It’s endangered • It’s a mammal. • It‘s scientific name is pongo pygmaeus • it is a primate
Giant Anteater By Meghan Lefeber
Introduction The Giant Anteater is one of the most amazing animals of the rainforest. It’s coat is brown with a large black and white stripe on Shoulder. It has small ears and eye’s. It has a long snout and a large bushy tail. I think the Anteater is one of the most interesting animals to learn about.
Living Habits • Sometime it eats up to 30,000 insects in a single day. • Predators are pumas and jaguars
Habitat • It can be found in Central America and part of S. America • Most are found in tropical forests, grassland and highland where there are a lot of ants. • Are found in the Forest Floor of the rainforest.
Interesting Facts • Are solitary unless they going to mate. • Have a HUGE appetite!
Scarlet Macaw • By Holden Koestner
Introduction The Scarlet Macaw is fun to learn about. They live in the tropical rain forest of south America. They fly 35 miles per hour!!!!!!!!!! They live to 80 years old . That’s why they are fun to learn about.
Animal’s Habitat • Tropical rain forest • Canopy, and Emergent Layers of the rain forest • South America
Animals Living Habits • Eats fruit, seeds, and nuts. • Lives 80 years • Is an Endangered species
Interesting Facts • are very flashy. • Are very noisy • Fly 35 miles per hour
Coity • Chris James
Introduction The coity is one of the most amazing animals. It eats plants. It lives in burrows. It kind of looks like a raccoon. They are fun to learn about.
LIVING HABITS • Lives to about 14 years. • It’s a great tree climber.
HABITAT • Lives in caves in the rainforests of South America • Lives on the forest floor layer.
Interesting Facts • It is related to raccoons. • It likes to eat fruits and leaves. • It has a long, striped tail that he uses to help him balance on tree branches.
Plain Xenops • Jessica Keller
Introduction I’m learning about the Plain Xenop. It is a small bird that is 5 in.(12.5 cm) long. Unlike other types of Xenops, it’s back is deep brown and unstreaked. The wing and tail feathers are mostly cinnamon-colored. That is some things I just learned about!
Animals Living Habits • eats insects (especially ants) and their larvae. • gets its food by hammering open decaying branches • Lives in Understory layer of the rainforest of Central and South America.
Habitat • Its from southern Mexico down to northern Argentina at altitudes from sea level up to 5,000 feet.
Interesting Facts • Are tiny, cute birds. • Have a lovely song. • Lives in the Canopy Layer of the Rain forest.