Tropical Forest
Biome
What You Need To Know About Tropical Rain Forests
Biological Factors Of Tropical Rain Forests
Where can you find a tropical forest
Equator map
The Monteverade Forest, Costa Rica
The Amazon Rain Forest
The animals
Aves (birds)
Mammals
Other animals
A member of the Dendrobatidea family also calls the amazon home, the poison dart frog. Even though the name seems very scary this frog is actually not deadly at all. This frog is vibrant and attractive it comes in all types of different colors like gold, yellow, red, copper, green, black, or blue. They utilize this as a tactic to ward off predators, this is called aposematic coloration.
The most famous inhabitants of the Amazon river is the Amazon River Dolphin. Or as they call them in South America the Boto. This dolphin has an unusual color because they usually come in pink. It is said that they have this weird color because of their blood capillaries located near the surface of the skin. There is a legend about these animals which says at night they transform themselves into men to hypnotize young and beautiful women
Vegetation
The amazon water lily is probably the most recognizable of plants for the average person. The amazon water lily is an aquatic plant, it grows on the lakes and rivers of the South American rain forests. It can be up to 3 meters or 9.8 feet in diameter. They also have rows of sharp spines on the underside of the leaves. This helps prevent rain forest animals such as manatees from eating them.
The vanilla orchid should be a plant humans give more credit to. This is because the flavor ¨vanilla¨ comes from it. The firs people to use it were the Aztecs. Vanilla orchids grow like vines climbing up other trees. Wild vanilla orchids are pollinated by hummingbirds and melipona bees. The vanilla orchids can be found in Central and South America.
The Author
Edward Grau
The Grau Family
Favorite soccer team (FC Barcelona)
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The Other Author
Na'im Rudolph
Citation
Tropical Rainforest Plants List, Information, Pictures & Facts. (2015, December 03). Retrieved from http://www.activewild.com/tropical-rainforest-plants-list/
The forest biome. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/forests.php#tropical