Daintree rainforest
By Rowen
Daintree Rainforest facts
1.The Daintree Rainforest is 135 million years old and is approximately 1,200 square kilometres in area and is the largest continuous area of rainforest in Australia.
2.The Daintree Rainforest is the largest rainforest in Australia yet it only covers 20% of Australia's land-mass.
3.The Daintree Rainforest is situated north of Cairns in the tropical north of Queensland and gained world heritage listing on the 9th of December 1988. The Daintree Rainforest is an outstanding example of the major stages in the Earth's evolutionary history.
4.The Daintree Rainforest is important because it is home to 50% of the world’s animals and plant life.
5.In the Daintree Rainforest we can find the rare Bennets Tree-Kangaroo, the endangered Cassowary, the White Lipped tree frog, and the Ulysses butterfly.
6.It is important to protect the Daintree Rainforest to save these species and also to protect the medicinal plants, those of which have not yet been explored for their healing abilities.
7.The Daintree Rainforest has many features. It is so amazing but if we keep destroying it, it won’t be there in the future.
8.The preferred future would be for the Daintree Rainforest to be here in the future.
9.We can make that happen if we all contribute by protesting against development and logging in the Daintree Rainforest and for farmers to stop burning rainforests.
Lichen Spider
This Raiforest spider lives on tree trunks that are overgrown with lichens. Relying on camouflage , it matches it's colour to that of the lichens it is hiding in. it typically moves quickly then freezes to blend into it's background. Female lichen spiders are 13mm long and males are 8mm long.
Green Tree Frog
The tiny green tree frog is considered one of the most beautiful tree frogs in North America. Alert and skittish, a green tree frog will jump at the slightest sign of danger. They use thier green colour as an effect camouflage against predators. Depending on temperture and lighting, they can change colours between dark and light green. Thier call sounds like a series of metallic honks or a barking dog.
Flying Fox
Southern Cassowary
The Southern Cassowary also known as Double-wattled Cassowary, Australian Cassowary or Two-wattled Cassowary, is a large flightless black bird. It is a ratite and therefore related to the Emu, Ostrich, and the genus Rhea.
Fan Palm Tree
The California Fan Palm has numerous fine attributes including cold hardiness, fast growth and drought and salt resistance. The genus was named in honor of George Washington. The species name, filifera, comes from both Latin and Greek words meaning thread-bearing.
Rainforest Fern
The Wet Tropics rainforests of Tropical North Queensland have an abundant plant life. One plant commonly found in rainforests and vital to rainforest ecosystems, is the fern.
Ferns are a characteristic feature of rainforests due to their love of moist conditions. As any ardent gardener knows, ferns don't like wind and often need watering. This dependency on water has led to some interesting adaptations to the dry season.
Banana Tree Leaf
Even though the banana plant is referred to as a tree most of the time, technically it is not correct. It is, in fact, the largest flowering plant in the world. Usually banana plants can attain there hieght of around 15 to 17 metres, due to which they are often, though wrongly, referred to as trees. India is the largest producer of bananas with an annual production of around 21.77 million metric tons.