11 Amazing Rainforest Animals

Tropical Rain Forest. A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years.

The tropical rainforest biome has four main characteristics: very high annual rainfall, high average temperatures, nutrient-poor soil, and high levels of biodiversity (species richness). Rainfall: The word “rainforest” implies that these are the some of the world’s wettest ecosystems.

• Mountain Gorilla. Mountain gorillas are the largest living primates on earth!
• Blue Morpho Butterfly. With its brilliant, iridescent blue wings, the blue morpho butterfly flutters through the rainforest canopy.
• Okapi.
• Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth.
• Jaguar.
• Capybara.
• Scarlet Macaw.
• Poison Dart Frog.

The world’s most awesome rainforests and how to visit them

• 1: Daintree National Park, Australia.
• 2: Dominica.
• 3: Bako National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.
• 4: Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra, Indonesia.
• 5: Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.
• 6: Loango National Park, Gabon.
• 7: Khao Yai National Park, Thailand.

The tropical rainforest contains more species of plants than any other biome. Orchids, Philodendrons, Ferns, Bromeliads, Kapok Trees, Banana Trees, Rubber Trees, Bam- boo, Trees, Cassava Trees, Avocado Trees. Animals come in various colors which act as a camouflage to protect them from their pred- ators.

Verdant is derived from the Old French word for green, vert, which in turn is from Latin virēre, meaning “to be green.” Today, vert is used in English as a word for green forest vegetation and the heraldic color green. Another descendant of virēre is the adjective virescent, meaning “beginning to be green.”

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the greenness of growing vegetation

green

Emerald is a brilliant, deep green, like the gemstone from which it takes its name. Prior to that, the term, which comes to us from the Greek smaragdos meaning “green gem,” was connected to the precious green stone called beryl.

: a moderate yellow green that is yellower and less strong than average pea green, yellower and duller than apple green (see apple green sense 1), and greener and lighter than average moss green.

The hexadecimal color code #a7d3a8 is a medium light shade of green. In the RGB color model #a7d3a8 is comprised of 65.49% red, 82.75% green and 65.88% blue. In the HSL color space #a7d3a8 has a hue of 121° (degrees), 33% saturation and 74% lightness.

herbaceous vegetation

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