Animals Kinkajou: honey bear Genus:potos Spiecies:flavus habitat Fifty degrees North to fifteen degrees South‚ and thirty-five degrees to sixty-five degrees in the Amazon Rainforest lives a mammal called the kinkajou. The kinkajou mostly sleeps in the upper canopy‚ hiding in the holes of the trees during the day napping. It’s a cute little animal with the body grows from 16 to 30 inches; its tail grows from 15 to 33 inches. Its shoulder height is up to 10 inches and it weights 3 to 10 pounds
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for their own lives and many are also being killed to protect cattle. Jaguars do stalk and ambush their prey‚ however‚ they rarely ever attack man. One of the main reasons that jaguars are still living is that they can adapt to many habitats‚ from tropical rain forests and swampy areas to scrub lands and grasslands. II. Jaguars are part of the life cycle of many species. Killing jaguars for protection and furs are ruining other species that live in the same range as them. These cats are of no harm
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deforestation of tropical rain forests by the hands of man in the name of progress. The only way to remedy this ominous hazard is to get people to view tropical rain forests as more than mere varieties of vegetation and wild animals. The key to solidifying the necessity of tropical rain forests lies deep within the intricate layers of biodiversity that culminates into life sustaining resources for human life. In general‚ in order to obtain a basic understanding of the importance of tropical rain forests
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My Greatest Nature Concern Is Global Deforestation Deforestation is a big issue worldwide that people do not put attention to‚ but it will be a future concern for humanity. For example‚ we the people are destroying forests‚ rain and tropical forests‚ jungles‚ mountains‚ and grasslands by cutting down lots of trees for personal use. Of course‚ we used the trees to build houses‚ buildings‚ farms‚ etc‚ and for some other different types of useful things‚ but we are not measuring the consequences
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and contribution to atmospheric oxygen. Deforestation destroys not only forests but also reduces the biodiversity‚ which means a reduction in the amount and variation of living things‚ which can cause havoc on whole ecosystems. The cutting down of tropical rain forests is particularly detrimental to wildlife and other living things: “Deforestation has many negative effects on the environment. The most dramatic impact is a loss of habitat for millions of species. Seventy percent of Earth’s land animals
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many serious problems‚ but it is a matter of economics. There won’t be any complete disaster‚ and what we cannot solve‚ well‚ that’s the price we have to pay." - Eduardo Albuquerque Barbosa There is a constant war that is being fought in the rainforests of South America. The death toll is one that far surpasses any other war in history. Vietnam and World War II had minimal loss of life compared to this never ending battle. It is predicted that by the year 2020‚ the casualties will reach 150
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Christina Jackson Environmental sciences ECOSYSTEMS RAINFOREST By: Christina L. Jackson The business dictionary definition of rainforest is a dense forest of evergreen trees growing in regions of heavy year-round rainfall in tropical latitudes (such as Amazon Basin‚ Borneo‚ New Guinea‚ North-East India‚ and Zair Basin) and warm temperate latitudes (such as Eastern Australia‚ Florida‚ South Africa‚ South Brazil‚ South and Central China‚ South Japan‚ and New Zealand’s North Island). Nearly half
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typically part of shifting cultivation agriculture‚ and of transhumance livestock herding.[1] Older English terms for slash-and-burn include assarting‚ swidden‚ and fire-fallow cultivation. Today the term "slash-and-burn" is mainly associated with tropical rain forests. Slash-and-burn techniques are used by between 200 and 500 million people worldwide.[2][3] In 2004 it was estimated that‚ in Brazil alone‚ 500‚000 small farmers were each clearing an average of one hectare of forest per year. The technique
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Introduction A forest is an area of land with many trees. Many animals need forests to live and survive. Forests are very important and grow all over the world. Many forests are being cut down for houses to be built because of overpopulation. This cutting down of forests is called deforestation and it is causing damage to the natural habitat of animals. Even roads have been built for the peoples to pass though the forest to reach their destination. People have gotten rid of forest to build towns
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Running Head: THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ON RAINFORESTS The Effects of Global Warming on Rainforests Denine Fields Introduction to Logic November 8‚ 2012 Abstract Global warming is something that humans are aware of‚ yet efforts to reverse the current situation are not a priority on the list of things to be corrected. Global warming affects plants‚ animals‚ and humans; and if there are no immediate changes‚ the world‚ as we know it‚ will cease to exist. Contents of Paper Global warming is the
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