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__Tropical Rainforest__

﻿﻿A tropical rainforest is a forest with tall trees in a region of year round warmth. An average of 50 to 260 inches of rain falls every year.

In the rainforest the temperature rarely gets higher than 93 degrees fahrenheit or drops below 63 degrees.Average humidity is between 77 and 88%.Rain fall is often more than 100 inches in a year. 40% of Earth's oxygen comes from the tropical rainforest.Scientist now estimate that more than half of the worlds animal and plant species live here.Rainforest know cover less than 6% of Earth's land.

The Rainforest is 70% trees. Rainforests have more types of trees than any other place in the world.In 21.5 acres scientist have counted 100 to 300 different species.1/4 of the medicines we use come from the plants in the tropical rainforest.More than 1,400 variates of tropical plants are thought to be future cures for cancer Plants ﻿The Curare- ﻿Is a leaf or root that comes from a tropical vine and is used for anesthetic and is also used to relax muscles during surgery.



The Quinine- ﻿Comes from the Chinchana tree and is used to treat malaria.

﻿﻿The Bengal Bamboo- ﻿Does the best in moist environments.Can be found in southeast Asian rainforest.

Coconut Tree- One tree can produce up to 50 nuts.In the tropics some people believe that the coconut palm is a symbol of romance,some people also think of it as a symbol of relaxation and shade looking out from the sea to over the horizon.

The Kapok Tree - Can grow up to 150 feet or more and is much taller than the other trees.It is a emergent tree and is often described as majestic.

<span style="color: #9e00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Jambu - Can be considered a small tree or large shrub.Grows to the average of 10-20 feet. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;"><span style="color: #9e00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Durians -Have life spans of 80 to 150 but can be longer.It is believed that durians only die when they are cut down by man or blown down by wind. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;"><span style="color: #9e00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Strangler Figs -Have light colored bark and umbrella shaped canopies.Can grow up to 148 feet Animals

<span style="color: #9e00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Bengal Tiger -has a base color of orange or brown and white on the checks,mouth,eye brows and stomach they also have long black strips.Can weigh up to 570 pounds. <span style="color: #9e00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Linns Sloth -Is about 9-19 pounds when fully grown and is about 28 to 29 inches in height.Has a white or tan face,fur is either dark-brown or black. <span style="color: #9e00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Silvery Gibbon-<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Are consi <span style="color: #080808; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">dered to be small apes and are known as Leaser apes.They weigh 13 pounds and have no tail,have long arms and fingers.Have lean bodies especially adapted to swing below branches. <span style="color: #080808; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;"><span style="color: #9e00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Kinka Jou- Sleeps in the upper canopy.The body grows from 16 to30 inches and the tail grows 15 to 33 inches.Shoulder height can be up to 10 inches,weight can be 3 to 10 pounds. <span style="color: #080808; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Wrangler Pit Viper- Is a viper that can grow up to 4 feet long.It is called a pit viper because it has pits just below it's nostrils which help sense heat and warm blooded animals. African Forest Elephant - Two very different species Savanna and Asian elephant are apapted to living in dense forests.

Created by Esther Hill,Jennifer Burgess and Blake Radder

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