Animals that Adapted to the Amazon Rainforest



Macaw: sharp hooked beak perfect for eating nuts, fruits, and seeds found in the rainforest. More choices of what to fill their tummy with.



Poison Dart Frog: Growing a poisonous skin. No animal can eat it without dying and one frog could kill 100 humans.



Jaguar: They adapted to swim, run, and climb so it can catch a variety of prey. Also the spots help to blend it in to the environment around it so its prey can't see it and neither can its predators.



Three-toed Sloth: They adapted by allowing green algae to make its home in their fur so it blends in with the tops of the trees and its predators can't see it.



Wooly Spider Monkey: a tail like a hand that can be used to hang from trees and to grab food like fruit.

Plants that Adapted to Rainforest Life

Epiphytes: these pants don't sprout from the soil but high up on branches of trees. They then have a steady water supply without low down animals that might eat them. These plants don't even have to worry about the ground being too crowded.

Fern: Fern are low on the ground and grow close to the trunks of trees. They have adapted to the shady conditions with all the trees blocking out most of their sun.

Lianas: a type of climbing vine that begin life on the ground but use trees for support as they climb towards the sun.

Bromeliads: a plant whose waxy leaves form a bowl in the middle to catch rainwater.