| ign="center"> | | | | lead to extinction of the other. This nearly happened |
| The rainforests are located around the equator, | | | | with the trees that depended on the now-extinct |
| which is present between the tropic of cancer and | | | | dodo birds. |
| the tropic of Capricorn. The rainforests are mainly | | | | With time, each species has evolved with its own set |
| located in the Central and South America, Africa, | | | | of adaptations which help them to survive in the |
| India, Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia and | | | | rainforest among the other animals. Mammals have |
| Australia. | | | | developed an ability to protect themselves from |
| The rainforests are home to many animals. A general | | | | becoming prey to other animals. Here are a few |
| estimate is that almost half of the worldâs | | | | adaptations animals have: |
| animal species are found in rainforests. The | | | | ⢠Camouflage: The colorings of some animals |
| rainforests are the oldest ecosystems on earth. The | | | | act as a protection from their predators. The best |
| temperature in these rainforests is around 75 to 80 | | | | rainforest animals that are adapted to the rainforest |
| degrees Fahrenheit throughout the year. With such | | | | are insects. The âwalking stickâ is |
| temperature it is easy for the rainforest animals to | | | | one example; it blends in with the palm tree in a way |
| survive even during the freezing cold or in the hot | | | | that no one would realize it lives there until it moves. |
| summers. Since there is an abundance of water | | | | Some butterflies of the rainforest look like leaves, |
| found in these forests, the animals donât | | | | when they close their wings. Where camouflage is |
| have to search for water. | | | | done for protecting oneself from a predator, it is also |
| You will not find mammals in the rainforest, but the | | | | used by the predators themselves to sneak up to |
| majority of rainforest animals you will find are the | | | | their prey. |
| millions of creepy crawlies living in every layer of the | | | | ⢠Hiding: Some animals protect them selves |
| rainforest. There are approximately more than 50 | | | | from predators by hiding themselves in burrows, |
| million species of invertebrates living in the rainforests. | | | | rocks, leaves, tree hollows or niches which are |
| The regular search for food, water, sunlight and | | | | difficult to get to. |
| space for living is a match between the different | | | | ⢠Pretension: Some rainforest animals try to |
| species living there. The rainforest animals adapt to | | | | convince their predators that they are bigger than |
| eating the plants or animals which the other species | | | | they actually seem to be. Like the larva of the |
| do not eat. Some animals have even developed a | | | | lobster moth, its larva looks like a scorpion but is |
| connection with the other species. The birds and | | | | really not dangerous. Many butterflies have large eye |
| animals like to eat the fruits that are grown on trees, | | | | designs on their wings so that it looks like the head |
| and the fish of the rainforests depend on the fruits | | | | of a large animal. |
| dropped by the tress. This helps the trees in | | | | ⢠Colors: Many poisonous animals are covered |
| spreading their seeds to the other parts of the | | | | with bright colors or flashy patters. When an animal |
| forest. | | | | eats one of them, they get sick; this memory stays |
| Many times you will find that a species is so | | | | with the animal and it avoids that animal in the future. |
| dependant on another, that extinction of one would | | | | |