THE RAIN FOREST

                                                  

🌳 A rain forest is a thick jungle which gets an unusually large amount of rain . Rain forests cover about 6% of the earth' s surface . They hold about one-half of the world's plant and animal types . The four layers of a rain forest are the emergent layer , canopy layer , understory layer and forest floor . 

🍀 The emergent layer l is made up of very tall trees up to 200 feet high . They are usually evergreens . There is good sunlight .  The canopy layer forms a roof over the two remaining layers . Animals like snakes, toucans, and tree frogs live in this layer . 

                                   

🌹 Not much sun reaches the next layer , the understory layer . plants then have to grow larger leaves to try to reach the sun . jaguars , leopards and many insects live here . The final layer , the forest floor , has almost no plants . Many leaves decay quickly there due to the darkness . Giant anteaters live in this layer . 

                                            

🌿 Rain forests are found in five major areas of the world . Central America is famous for its brightly colored birds . The Amazon jungle in south America is the world's largest rain forest . It has the greatest variety of plants and animals of any other place on earth . Central Africa contains the world's second largest rain forest .

🌵 Fifty million tribal people live in the rain forests of the world . Much of their living space is being destroyed by logging , mining and slashes and cultivation . These people are losing their food and shelter . Three of the larger tribes are the pygmies , the Huly , and the yanomani . pygmies live in central Africa . The Huly live in Papua New Guinea in the Pacific ocean . 

The yanomani live in south America . 

                                                                                   

💧 Some interesting animals live in the rain forest are spider monkeys , Toucans and a poison - arrow frog . spider monkeys are very large and almost two feet tall . 

                                                   

💦 Toucans are colorful birds with short and thick necks . They eat lizards and small birds . They are important because they help to scatter the seed from the food they eat . A poison - arrow frog is found in central and south America too . Its poison is very powerful and can cause paralysis or death . 

                                           

In summary , rain forests cover about one-sixth of the earth . They receive abundant rain fall each year and the foliage is thick .