Our Rainforest
Reports & Watercolor paintings
White-Cheeked Gibbon |
Yellow-eared Parrot |
Toucan |
Hyacinth Macaw |
Ring Tailed Lemur |
The White-Cheeked Gibbon live in small monogomous families. They are 18 to 25 inches tall. White Cheeked Gibbons predators are leopards. By Sam |
The Yellow-eared Parrot is critically endangered. These birds have 3 parents - a mom, dad and a brood-helper. The brood-helper helps the parents feed and care for the babies. By Justin |
Toucans eat mostly fruit, but they also eat bird eggs, insects and tree frogs. Females lay 1 to 4 eggs in each clutch. It takes 8 or 9 weeks for their beaks to fully form. By Skylar |
The Hyacinth Macaw is 39 inches long and weighs about 4 pounds. It has a strong beak that can even crack a coconut. Hyacinth Macaws eat mostly fruit. By Dylan |
Ring-tailed Lemurs eat fruit, leaves, flowers, insects & tree gum. They live in troops. Lemurs are primates - mammals that are closely related to monkeys, apes and people. By Aubree |
Jaguar |
Two-toed Sloth |
Emerald Tree Boa |
Giant Armadillo |
Pandas |
The Jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas. They are known to eat deer, crocodiles, snakes, monkeys, sloths, turtles, eggs, frogs, fish and anything else they can catch. Unlike most big cats, the jaguar loves the water and it often swims, bathes and plays in streams and pools of water. By Bryce |
The Two-toed sloth is the world's slowest mamal. it moves so slowly that algae grows on its furry coat. Sloths spend nearly all of their time hanging from branches by their powerful grip and claws. Sloths are surprisingly good swimmers. By Dana |
Some Emerald Tree Boas live in swamps, Brazil and over bodies of water. They have no known enemies. It's diet consists of rodents and birds. By Kaelan |
The Giant Armadillo is the largest species of armadillo. They weigh around 60 pounds when they are full grown. This species is endangered. By Makenna |
Pandas live in high mountainous areas. Wild Pandas get as much water as they need. A wild Panda's diet is 99% bamboo. By Ashlin |
Gorilla |
Rainforest Crocodile |
Rainforest Butterfly |
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine |
Komodo Dragon |
By Ethan |
Rainforest Crocodiles live in South America. The eat birds, fish, snakes, frogs, small reptiles and small mammals. Crocodiles usually swim, hunt, eat and lay eggs. By Trey |
Butterflies close their wings when they rest. Butterflies have receptors on their feet which allow them to taste when they land. Because butterflies fly during the day they have colorful wings. By Gisselle |
Prehensile-tailed Porcupines spend most of their time in trees. They grow to be almost two feet long. Prehensile-tailed Porcupines are nocturnal animals. They have special whiskers on their face that help them feel their way aound in the dark at night. By Taylor |
Komodo Dragons are lizards. They are the heaviest lizards on earth. They can weigh up to 150 pounds. Komodo Dragons can live up to 30 years. They mostly eat dead animal remains, but they do sometimes hunt for fresh meat. To avoid being eaten by other animals, Komodo Dragons often roll in their own feces so they give off a foul smell. By Kathryn |
Harpy Eagle |
Ocelot |
Green-winged Macaw |
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The Harpy Eagle is the largest and most powerful raptor found in the Americas. It inhabits the tropical low land rain forest. You might see a Harpy Eagle if you go to the tropical rain forests of Central or South America. By Mitchael |
An Ocelot is twice the size of the average house cat. During the day ocelots sleep on a branch or inside a hollow tree. Ocelots are also very good swimmers. By Jazzy |
The Green-winged Macaw is an endangered species. It eats fruit, nuts and leaves. They like to make their nests in hollow tree trunks. By Wyatt |
