Animals In The Rainforest Floor
The forest floor is the lowest layer where it is dark hot and damp.
Animals in the rainforest floor. Rainforests are found in countries such as Brazil Peru the Philippines Indonesia Congo and Papua New Guinea. Womans extremely lifelike doll almost gets her in. Some of the animals that live in the canopy layer of the rainforests are listed below.
These animals usually root in the forest soil for their food and in the process create pits that fill with water when it rains providing a home to insect larvae frog tadpoles and even some fish species. The bird has a black feather with white plumes but the head and beak have yellow red and blue shades. The forest floor is home to old fallen leaves and fruits rotten branches ancient or diseased trees mosses lichens fungi and many animal species.
They hide in dense undergrowth by day. It feeds on worms and tiny creatures on the forest floor. Poison dart frogs and other toads and frogs Tapirs Jaguars Anteaters Anacondas and.
A wide variety of life including insects and larger animals inhabits the rainforest floor. In addition you can find epiphytes growing on the branches of trees and other plants allowing animals to climb along to reach the second layer of the rainforest. Rainforest trees are so tall that they need enormous roots as support at the bottom.
One of the most interesting facts about the rainforest is the fact that there is an abundance of animal species living there. They spend most of their time on the forest floor though. These roots can start 9m 30ft up the tree trunk and curve out along the surface of the ground.
1 list of animals 11 passive 12. The tropical rainforest animals fauna live in different layers strata of the jungles. Rain forests are divided into layers or stories.