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Amazon Rainforest

By: Dharmini Jasmat

The Amazon Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest

The Amazon Rainforest

-Largest Rainforest in the world

-The Amazon rainforerst takes up almost 9 places.

-ALmost 60,000 species.

-Species found every 3 days.

Map of chosen area

Map of chosen area

Amazon Rainforest

Location:

South America

In more detail map

- Occupied by 9 countries.

- It represents halp of the forests left on Earth.

Climate Graph

Climate Graph

- Temperatures are ussaly really high.

-Very little light reaches the floor ground.

Information about fresh water

- The Amazon River

-Water pollution

Information about soil

-Thin & Poor Nutrients

-White Sandy Soil

-Decomposed Animals & Plants

Animals

-Animals found here can only be found in one ofther place in the world

Animals

-2, 505 animals live in the Amazon Rainforest

Green Anaconda

Green Anaconda

Growing & Weight:

30 feet (9 meters) long ./ 500 pounds (227kilograms).

Lifespan:

Around 20 years.

Hunting:

It coils its body around its prey and drags it into the water, suffocating it within minutes, and then swallows it whole with its large jaws.

Food:

Large Rodents, deer, fish, peccaries, capybaras, tapirs, turtles, bird, dogs, sheep, aquatic reptiles like caiman and even jaguars.

Black caiman

Growing & Weight:

20 feet (6 meters) .

Lifespan:

40 years.

Hunting:

The grab their prey, down it and eat it whole whenever possible. If it is too big they let it rot and eat the smaller parts.

Food:

Fish, reptials, birds, mammels

Electric Eel

Electric Eel

Lifespan:

22 years.

Hunting:

If its threatened, it can release larger amounts of electricity and keep on doing it before it get’s depleted.Death only occurs when they shocked multiple times, or when they are to paralyzed to move and end up downing.

Food:

Fish, small mammels.

Jaguar

Hunting:

Jaguars have the most powerful bite among cats, their sharp teeth are able to pierce into thick armour like armadillo, and turtles.

Food:

Both male and female hunt, mostly at dawn and dusk, feeding on deer, wild pigs, sloths, monkeys, snakes and livestock.

Attacks:

This cat is least likely to attack humans, most human attacks are rare. They can also pierce into skulls, directly into the brain. The can also dislocate necks.

Bull Shark

Bull Shark

Food:

Bull Sharks mostly eat fish, but has been known for taking down birds, river dolphins, and small mammals and…. humans.

Characteristics:

Bull Sharks are very aggressive, territorial nature, and often comes close to humans.

Lives:

Saltwater and freshwater.

Pit Vipers

Growth:

1 to 12 feet ( 0.3 to 3.7 meters) long

Types:

South American rattlesnakes, the colorful eyelash vipers (so named for the scales above their eyes that look like eyelashes), the fer-de-lance (which has an unpredictable temper, making it responsible for most of the snakebites in its range), and bushmasters (the longest vipers in the world).

Eats:

Small mammals, birds, lizards and eggs.

Plants

-Almost 2 million types of plants.

Plants

-3000 types of fruits.

Heliconia Flower

Heliconia Flower

Characterisitcs:

Requires warm and humid conditions.

Requires:

Bright colours and varies in their colour.

Rubber Tree

Growth:

Fast Growing tree.

Scientific Name:

Hevea brasiliensis

Used for:

Used today in the modern processing of rubber.

Giant Water lillies

Giant Water lillies

Growth:

3 meters in diameter.

Requires:

Scientific Name:

Passion Fruit Flower

Growth:

15 to 20 feet a year.

Requires:

Prefers the sun, however, the passion fruit flower does not like heavy heat. If there is too much heat, the passion fruit flower will start growing towards the shade.

Scienctific Name:

Venus Fly trap

Venus Fly trap

Prey:

Preys on insects such as ants and beetles, as well as spiders

Scientific Name:

Hunting:

Once its triggers are activated, it rapidly traps it’s pray, seals the trap and begins digestion.

Stinging Tree

Scientific Name:

Requires:

Sting:

Food chain

The Producers - the trees, shrubs, bromeliads and other plants.

The Primary Consumers – the macaws, monkeys, agouti, tapir, butterflies, sloths, toucans.

The Secondary Consumers – the jaguar and boa constrictor.

The Scavengers – the butterflies and other insects.

The Decomposers – mushrooms, insects and microorganisms.

Food chain

Food chain Picture

Threats

1. Ranching & Agriculture

2. Commercial Fishing

3. Smuggling

Threats

4. Damming & Logging & Minning

5. Pademic Amoung the Amazon People.

Sites:

-https://www.rainforestcruises.com/jungle-blog/coolest-plants-in-the-amazon

-https://www.slideshare.net/nicko28/the-amazon-rainforest-15259082

-http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/about_the_amazon/ecosystems_amazon/rainforests/

-https://www.rainforestcruises.com/jungle-blog/threats-facing-the-amazon-rainforest

-www.wakingtimes.com/2015/07/10/the-6-biggest-threats-to-the-amazon-rainforest/

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