Name: Explore the Rainforest! | Ecology for Kids
Uploaded: 2021-05-10T07:52:23.000Z
Duration: 4 min 8 s
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So we thought we'd pull out a few of our books and explore some cool, colorful places

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where wet weather is pretty much the only weather there is.

You can probably tell from the name that rainforests have a whole lot of two things: trees and rain.

And sure enough, rainforests get  more rain than any other place on Earth.

In some areas of the rainforest, it rains every day!

And people often think that  rainforests all look like this:

warm and steamy with animals like colorful birds

And there are lots of rainforests like that.

But a rainforest can also look like this.

Home to animals that are adapted  to cooler weather, like bears and elk.

Both of these places are rainforests, but they're found in different parts of the world.

close to the imaginary line that  runs around the middle of the Earth.

This part of the world is called “The Tropics”,

it gets lots of sun which is why the  temperature is really warm almost all the time.

And there are a lot of different kinds of plants and animals

So many, in fact, that scientists talk  about the rainforest as having layers

that change as you go from the top to the bottom.

And different animals and plants live in each layer.

For example, at the top layers  of the rainforest in the tropics,

all you can see is the very  tippy-tops of the tallest trees.

There's lots of sunlight up there that the trees use to grow,

And these big, leafy trees make lots of shade!

They block some of the sunlight from getting to the lower layers,

And all of the leaves and fruit in the top layers

means that there's plenty of food for animals to eat.

So many different kinds of animals live up here,

like insects, parrots, bats, monkeys, and sloths!

Some of these animals never even go  down to the ground at all;

Everything they need is at the top of the rainforest.

Now, the lower layers don't get  as much sunlight as the top,

but there's still home to plenty of living things,

like snakes, lizards, and even  big cats, like tigers and jaguars.

And just like the animals at the top of the rainforest,

animals down below are perfectly  suited to the place where they live.

The big cats, for example, have patterns on their coats

that help them blend in with the rainforest.

The jaguar has spots, and the  tiger, as you all know, has stripes.

And these patterns help the animals  hide amongst the shadows of the trees.

Okay, but what about the cooler rainforests?

They're found here, much  farther away from the tropics.

because they don't get as much sun as the warmer ones.

They also have layers, but the plants and  animals that live there are pretty different!

The top layer of the cooler rainforest,  for example, is made of conifers.

Those are the kinds of trees that usually  have cones, like pines and redwood trees.

And these kinds of trees have needles  too, like some other kinds of evergreens.

These needles help the trees  save energy during the cold winters.

And it's not only the plants that are different here!

also have to be able to live in cooler temperatures.

So many of the creatures that live  in the lower layers of these rainforests

For example, some tigers  live in these cool rainforests,

and they also have striped coats  that help them blend into the shadows.

But their fur is nice and thick, so it keeps them warm!

And other furry mammals live in these cold forests,

Quite different from the macaws and  monkeys that live in the warmer forests!

We went all over the world in just a few minutes!

about the amazing rainforests around our world!

Come on Squeaks, let's head to the library!

or someplace in the world that  you'd like to learn more about?

If so, ask a grown-up to help  you leave a comment down below,

Thanks, and we'll see you next time here at the fort!