"Red Brocket Deer"
Mazama americana
Photo © Kevin Schafer/CORBIS , Courtesy Ron Kalasinskas
| Name: | Red Brocket Deer |
| Description: | This is a very small animal ranging from twenty to sixty pounds, and about two to four feet long and only about two feet in height. The male's antlers will only grow to about a few inchs long. Their spine is curved so their backend sticks up. These deer are very secretive and are hard to spot. They are extremely good at swimming. Their small size allows them to run rather easily through the rainforest. |
| Habitat: | This deer lives in dense tropical forests in Central and South America. Usually around water swamps, rivers, and marshes, in South America you'll find them in the Amazon Rainforest. |
| Diet: | The Red Brocket Deer will eat Fruits, vegitation like leaves, buds, and grass. |
| Predators: | Preditores of the Red Brocket Deer are Humans who are destroying their habitat and hunting, large cats like Puma and Jaguar, and birds of prey and snakes. |
| Name: | Walking Stick |
| Description: | This insect can be mistaken for a tree branch. There are over 2700 types of walking sticks. This insect belongs to the Phasmids Family. It is a nocternal, they usually sleep on leaves or tree branches during the day. They blend in so well that their enimies can't see them. The walking stick can re-grow an arm or leg that is broken off. It sheds it's skin just like a snake does. Walking Sticks are wingless insects. They seem to be the longest insects in the world. |
| Habitat: | They live in tropical and temperate rainforests. |
| Diet: | The walking stick eats leaves and berries. |
| Predators: | Preditores of the Walking Stick are birds, snakes, frogs, lizards, and many other animals. |
"Green Walking Stick"Calynda bicuspis
Photo courtesy/copyright Dr. Hays Cummins
"Scarlet Macaw"
Ara macao
Photo courtesy/copyright J. M. Caskey, Enchanted
Emerald Forest Macaws
| Name: | Scarlet Macaw. |
| Description: | The Macaws are the largest of the neotropical parrots. The Scarlet Macaw is the medium size of this species. There are seventeen reconizable species of Macaw. Their eyes are a pale yellow color while the rest of their body is multi-colord. Very bright colors. Their bones are hallow which makes easier for them to fly better. Calcium is an important thing to have in their diet. They are good at climbing but are clumsy on the ground. |
| Habitat: | The Scarlet Macaw live in canopy and emergent layers from Mexico to the Amazon Rainforest. |
| Diet: | This Bird will eat seeds from fruits, nuts, and clay for a source of calcium. Sometimes they'll eat fruit. |
| Predators: | Preditores of the Scarlet Macaw are the Harpy Eagle, humans, and meat eaters. |