Herbivores
Herbivores are in the food web cause they are there to eat the plants and be eaten by other animals. Herbivores are eaten by other larger mammals and are almost completely defence less to the larger mammals that eat them, only a few herbivores have a defence mechanisn against the larger mammals. If the herbivores all died the rain forest would be over run by plant life, and all the carnivores would have nothing to eat.

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Name: Three Toed Sloth
Description: It has not tail or external ears. It does have a blunt nose and is the only mammal that has living plants on it. Male sloths have a bright yellow or orange patch on their backs. Sloths have long arms and arched hollow claws.
Habitat: High in the canopy of the rain forest.
Diet: Leaves, and other plant life like moss.
Predators: Jaguars, and Ocelots
Name: Scarlet Macaw
Description: Very bright colors, and the face has white feathers. It likes perching in trees and watching for predators.A macaws beak is light on the top and dark on the bottom.
Habitat: High in the canopy of the rain forest.
Diet: Fruit, Nuts, and the occasionally nector.
Predators: Monkeys, Parrots, Snakes, and other larger mammals.

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Name: Kinkajou
Description: It has soft and fluffy fur. It has a tail and does not like to leave its tree. The kinkajou has a long tounge to get nector, its tounge is 5 inches long. The kinkajou is the size of a cat and has an oder.
Habitat: In the low canopy of the rain forest.
Diet: Figs, Buds, and Blossoms
Predators: Fox, Jaguar, and Ocelot
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