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The Canopy Layer: The Roof of the Rainforest
Located right underneath the top layer of the rainforest, known as the emergent layer, is the layer known as the canopy. A canopy is.
A Perfect Fit: Leaf Adaptations in the Rainforest
The climate of the tropical rainforest is hot, often humid, and can be very wet. It is important then that plants and trees.
A Most Fearsome Creature: Rainforest Ants
What do you think of when asked to name a dangerous animal living in the rainforest? How about a jaguar, a piraña fish.
Video: Rainforest Bird Colors
Birds of the rainforest have very colorful feathers. Color is very important.
Eight-Legged Wonders: Rainforest Spiders
Although often thought of as insects, spiders are actually arachnids, which is Greek for the word "spider." This family also includes anima
Top of the World: The Emergent Layer
To emerge from something or somewhere, means to move out or away, or even to come into view. Can you think of why then, the top-most layer.
Tropical rainforests have some of the largest rivers in the world. And not just rivers flow through the rainforest.
Not All Water is the Same: Rainforest River Types
Like the many colored plants and animals that live in the rainforest, its rivers also have different colors.
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