Animals In The Rainforest And Their Adaptations
Although three-toed sloths are both diurnal and nocturnal theyre largely inactive during the day.
Animals in the rainforest and their adaptations. Sloths have adapted to the rainforest by moving into the trees. Grassland Animals and their Adaptations. Animals that inhabit the rainforest canopy include Lemurs Spider Monkeys Sloths Toucans Orangutans and Parrots.
Spider monkeys have also adapted to live at the top of the canopy and they use their long arms to swing from branch to branch. They use their strong toes to climb and hold on to branches. This shows how birds have also adapted to the environment.
This short video goes over some of the basic adaptations found in the plants and animals that live in the rainforest biome. Living high in the canopy these slow-moving mammals mainly eat tree leaves. Two-toed sloths are nocturnal which enables them to avoid diurnal or active during the day predators by sleeping during the day.
Camels long leg eyelids hump are all examples of adaptation. Large cats such as the puma A collaborative activity in groups of four pupils on how animals are adapted to live in the rainforest. These are some of the adaptations that a few animals have to be able to adapt to their surroundings.
Rainforests are often called the lungs of the planet for their role in absorbing carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas and producing oxygen upon which all animals depend for survival. Several birds have strong or longer beaks. To begin with camouflaging is an adaptation used by animals in the rainforest.
Many animals in the Congo rain forest have adapted to blend in with their surroundings. Life inside a bustling wet rainforest is a dangerous one. Such as the Okapi the strips on their legs help them follow their mother through the opaque forest as well as camouflages them from predators.