Layers
The most obscure and overlooked layer of the rainforest that is not visible to the naked eye
Whjat is soil?
The eagle with the largest claws
What is a Harpy Eagle?
The largest rainforest in the world
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
The dense layer that consists of the branches of trees and their leaves (about twenty feet thick) and houses the most species of the rainforest
What is the canopy?
An omnivorous lizard with “plumes’ and the ability to climb and walk on water
What is a Basilisk Lizard?
The rainforests of the second-largest island in the world, which is located in Oceania, and house the many species of Birds-of-Paradise
What is the New Guinean lowland rainforest?
The second lowest layer of the rainforest, which is characterized by young trees and low-lying vegetation in a leafy, dark, and damp world that receives around 5-10% of sunlight
What is the understory?
A type of toad that looks like other non-toad frogs, is endangered, and lives in Central and South America
What is a Harlequin Frog?
The rainforests north of Australia, in Asia, and home to draco lizards, orangutans, tarsiers, sumatran rhinoceras, and more
What are the South-East Asian rainforests?
The lowest layer of the rainforest, which is the darkest, dampest, is coated with ancient plants and decomposers, and has the most extreme low-light conditions and receives less than 5% of sunlight
What is the forest floor?
A small arboral (tree-living) animal that has the largest proportionate eyes of any mammal
What is a Tarsier?
The rainforest where chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas live
What is the Congo rainforest?
The layer that consists of the very tallest trees, their tops, and recives the most sunlight
What is the emergent layer?
The helmet-like bony protrusion on the top of the head on cassowaries
What is a casque?
The oldest rainforest in the world
What is Daintree rainforest?