Day in the Life: Rain Forest Animals (Library)
10 total works
One of the most beautiful large cats of the wild, the jaguar is born blind and helpless but grows into an extremely fast and powerful animal. Learn about how a jaguar spends its day and night, when and what it hunts, and how varied its physical characteristics.
Found only in Madagascar, lemurs have unique physical characteristics as well as interesting eating, sleeping, and social habits. Read about a day in the life of these fascinating creatures to gain a better understanding of their place among primates.
Large, hairy, and creepy, tarantulas are fascinating as well as repulsive. Read about how they spend their days moving slowly, but viciously killing their prey, both small and large. Find out where tarantulas live and sleep and what makes them so deadly.
Orangutans may not be very tall, but their arm span can reach up to seven feet! Learn how this feature helps these colourful hairy mammals in their daily life in the rain forest as they live and move among the trees.
A large constricting snake, the anaconda is a formidable opponent to other creatures in the rain forest. Learn how it slithers its way through its day hunting and eating, and about when and where it sleeps.
Did you know that when a piranha breaks or loses a tooth, a new one grows back? Read about this and other physical features of a piranha in this day in the life book and find out how these fearsome fish hunt for food, ward off predators, move through the water.
Colourful birds, macaws are part of the parrot family. As you follow a macaw through its day, you'll learn how this brilliant colouring benefits the bird, what other physical characteristics enable it to move through the rain forest, and what it eats and why.
The brilliantly coloured poison dart frog communicates with its skin. Its bright colours signal predators that this frog is poisonous. Read about this amazing creature's other physical features and behaviour in this book that explores where a poison dart frog comes from.