|
| Carnivors
rule the amazon. carnivors likke the army ant eat animals
sucg as the wasp, leaf cutter ant, tarantulas and other
animals. Fish carnivors such as the piranha eat mostly
other fish also birds and mamals. It is also said that a
group of piranha can eat an animal in minutes. Carnivors
need herbivors to survive and with out herbivors
carnivors couldn't live. |
|
 Animals
Of The Rainforest
|
| Name:
|
Army Ant |
| Description:
|
A
colony consists of a fleet of about 700,000 ants.They
are about 8mm to 12mm in length.They will attack
and kill anything that moves. They can devour a
horse in a matter of hours.Whenever their food
supply is low, they move to a new home. |
| Habitat: |
.Rainforest
forest floor. Central and South America. |
| Diet:
|
Wasps,
leaf cutter ants, tarantulas, scorpions, beetles,
roaches, grasshoppers. |
|
|
| Name:
|
.Jaguar |
| Description:
|
The
jaguar's tawny-yellow coat has many different
descriptions, all beautiful. Compared with the
leopard, the jaguar is generally larger, has a
shorter tail, and a broader, heavier head. There
are small-segregated spots on the jaguars head,
and the neck has a dark open-ringed structure. A
jaguar has one to four dark spots inside the
rings. On the middle of the jaguar's back, a row
of black spots merge into a solid line. Jaguars
are also scavangers because they will not pass up
a meal. |
| Habitat: |
.Jaguars
live in dense tropical rain forests and swampy
grasslands. |
| Diet:
|
Water
loving jaguars, found deep in the Amazonian
region, commonly eat fish, frogs, turtles, and
small alligators. |
|
 AN
AMAZON ADVENTURE--ANIMALS--JAGUAR
|
|
 AN
AMAZON ADVENTURE--ANIMALS--PIRANHA
|
| Name:
|
Piranha |
| Description:
|
A
piranha, sometimes called caribe or piraya, is a
carnivorous fish of the genus Serrasalmus, found
in the rivers of South America.There are about 12
species of piranha. The fish are flat, oval
shaped with saw-edged bellies.They range from a
silver with orange belly and throat to those that
are almost completely black.The fish range in
size from 25 to 60 centimeters long (That's up to
2 feet) and have fine scales covering their body.
They have very powerful jaws with razor-sharp
teeth that enable the fish to tear the flesh from
their prey. |
| Habitat: |
Piranha's
are typically found in whitewater streams in
South America. |
| Diet:
|
Their
prey are mostly other fish but also can be
amphibians, birds and mammals. |
|