Animals of the Rainforest

Introduction   

      

     Task

Process Resources Reflections Teacher Notes

Aminita Fungus

Anteater

Beetle

Boa

Caiman

Centipede

Chameleon

Emerald Dove

An Indian

Katydid

Fruit bat

     As you may know, tropical rainforests are extremely important to the health of our Earth.  Rainforests generate much of the world's oxygen, its plants are used to make medicine, they are responsible for recycling and cleaning much of the Earth's available water, and is the home to an incredible number of insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. 
     Due to the tremendous logging of these rainforests, the habitat of many animals that live there are being destroyed.  Should we step-in and try to protect the rainforest animals?  Perhaps we could create an exotic habitat here in Visalia where we can take good care of them??   If we don't, what could eventually happen?
Sloth

Macaw

Marmoset

Owl Eye Butterfly

Parrot snake

Pirhana

Poison Dart Frog

Rhinoceros Beetle

Squirrel Monkey

Tamarin

Toucan

Sloth Giant Sloth Toucan Macaw Emerald Dove Anteater Anteater An Indian Squirrel Monkey Parrot Snake Tamarin Monkey Marmoset Owl Eye Butterfly Katydid Boa Constrictor Caiman Pirhana Aminita Fungus Beetle Poison Dart Frog Rhinoceros Beetle
     

Click on the Rainforest to see who lives there.  Keep a check by 'ticking' the boxes.
Forest Family Forever Video (Requires Quicktime)

Animal Profiles: Animals of the Amazon Rainforest (11:00) Entire Video
Welcome to the Rainforest! (01:29)
 
Where are the World's Rainforests? (00:45) 
Animals of the Amazon River (01:16)  
        
Reptiles of the Amazon Rainforest (01:19) 
Insects of the Amazon Rainforest (00:55)
         
Animals of the Amazon Canopy (02:18)
Birds of the Amazon Rainforest (01:29) 
        
Deforestation and the Amazon Rainforest (00:55)
 


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