Why did we create this blog?

Why did we create this blog?

The Amazon is decreasing at an alarming speed. In fact, experts estimate the rainforest could disappear in the next 40 years. This is a huge problem because once the Amazon is gone, we will lose all nearly 1/10th of the earth's wildlife species. Our class is looking at various species found in the Amazon and posting information about the animals and their dependency on the rainforest. We hope that you will become aware that losing the trees means losing all these magnificent plants and animals as well!

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Three-toed Sloth

A three toed sloth is a brown color and fluffy too.Where
does the three toed sloth live? The sloth lives in  the middle section of the rainforest.What does the three toed sloth eat? The three toed sloth eats bugs,
twigs,and leaves. How does deforestation affect the three toed sloth? Because it would have no home and no food left and die.

Kinkajou

The Kinkajou is..so cute she can use males to get her food.Shes small and weak.They have long tongues  to get juice off of fruit and other food too.They live in tree tops in the amazon trees.Its really cool well to me. Um...oh yeah.But the DEFORESTATION is killing them help to stop.

Emerald Tree Boa

 
The Emerald tree boa looks like green with white spots.It lives in the Northern part South America.It eats on small mammals,birds,reptiles,and amphibians. If deforestation continues, they will have no more food to eat. And no home.

Tapir

it's furry,its striped , round ears,oval feet,black nose, and black over cover WERE DOES A TAPIR LIVE
it lives in china around grass and mud WHAT A TAPIR EATS a tapir eats fruit,berries,grass,and flowers HOW DOES DEFORESTATION EFFECT A TAPIR a tapir will lose its home from deforestation.

Toucan

This is a toucan. Its colors are green and yellow beak with a black and yellow body. The toucan live in the amazon canopy where its nice and warm. The toucan eats bird eggs,reptiles,rodents,insects and fruit.Deforestation affects the toucan because it takes away its home and scares away its food.

Amazonian Katydid

The Amazonian Katydid have large hided legs and
have long wings.Were does  the amazonian katydid
live? They live on trees,bushes,and grass. What does
the amazonian katydid eat? They eat leaves. How does
Deforestation affect the amazonian katydid? Because
they eat leaves and if the trees go then they cant eat
or live.

Ocelot

This animal is an ocelot . They have black spots and brown fur.  They live in rain forests in south and southern  America . They eat fish deer and rabbits. Deforestation makes them in dangered.

Iguana


The iguana has many scales,is green,2 meters long,and weighs 5 km.

The iguana lives in the tree tops of the Amazon forest.

Iguanas eat green beans,peas or pea pods.

Deforestation will not only destroy it's home but also destroy it's food.

Peccary





The peccary is mostly furry. It also has no tail.and it has a pig like snout. 
This animal lives on the ground where the mud is and roots.
This particular animal eats pumpkin,pear cactus and roots .
And here is how deforestation effects this animal, if they cut down the trees this effects it's food supply with rotten roots.

Coati

 Coatis are usually black and brown striped with spots and travel in groups of 10to20 coatis.


The coati lives in Brazil and south of the Amazon rainforest,


They eat snakes, lizards, eggs, plants, and other animals.

Deforestation gives them no home no food and no safety.

Graviola Tree

 
The graviola tree is green and as spikes all over it. The graviola tree grows in the trees of the Amazon.The graviola tree helps us because its medicine that helps with cancer. Deforestation isn't good for the tree because  then we wont have any more medicine to help cancer.

Tree Porcupine


It has lot of spikes that look like spiky fur. In a Forest in the united states and Mexico. It eats leaves, twigs, and green plants.


Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Problem of Deforestation


The Amazon is decreasing at an alarming speed. In fact, experts estimate the rainforest could disappear in the next 40 years. This is a huge problem because once the Amazon is gone, we will lose all nearly 1/10th of the earth's wildlife species. Our class is looking at various species found in the Amazon and posting information about the animals and their dependency on the rainforest. We hope that you will become aware that losing the trees means losing all these magnificent plants and animals as well!