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= __//**The Rain Forest In Action**//__ =

**More than half of the rain forest are located in Latin America** **(the Tropics). Rain forests can grow at almost any elevation.**

**Rain forests have an average temperature of 68 degrees F to 84 degrees F. Most day are cloudy with a light wind. The get 80 inches of rain each year WOW that's a lot of rain! The rain forests climate impacts the world as a whole by cleaning the air to slowing down green house effect. There are four different layers in the rain forests, forest floor, under story, upper canopy, and the emergent layer. All of the layers in the rain forest are very important. They make a home for all the animals and vegetation to live and grow.**

__//10 Animals In The Rain Forest//__

 * The White Lipped Tree Frog, the Mountain Gorilla, the Rufus Tailed Bird, Harpy Eagles, Jambu Fruit Dove, Komodo Dragon, Walking Sticks Humming Birds, Caterpillars, and Chimpanzee. **


 * All the mammals in the rain forest have adapted to life high in trees. All animals need water to survive, some** **mammals gnaw away at bark to drink the tree sap.

Most of the birds in the** **rain forest don't need** **camouflage, because of their brightly colored feathers.**


 * Reptiles and** **amphibians** **sur****vive beca****use the tem****perature of t** **heir bodies an** **d the temperature of the rain forest are almost the same. Their sticky tongues help them catch all of their food.****The humid air keeps in****vertebrates from drying out, they also eat decaying animal matter.**

= __//**10 Plants in the Rain Forest**//__ =


 * Plants in th****e rain forests get water out of the ground with their roots, and they get their nutrients from photosynthesis. There are a lot of plants in the rain forest.Less than 1/4 of all medicines** **come from the plants in the Rain Forests. Almost half of the worlds plants are in Rain Forests.

__Plants__ Lianas, Sitka Spruces, Bengal Bam****boo, Curare, Strangler Figs,Coconut Trees,Mosses,Kapok Tree, Durian,Tualang, Bougainville.** = =

__Human Interaction__
__**// The humans are polluting the rain forests. The poachers are killing lots of the animals .There are trash in the rivers, and steams. The animals are drinking the water and getting choked on plastic. Humans are also cutting down lots of trees. //**__



**Created by Kalei Mull and Jessica Kervin**