Behavioural Adaptation
- Primates like monkeys and apes have long arms and they use the canopies to swing through the trees while trying to avoid predators; sloths also do this
- Aye-aye use the tall rainforest trees as an advantage to make their nest to stay out of sight from the floor predators
- Aye-aye also use their middle finger to scoop insects from tiny holes inside the tree bark
- Little aye-aye (small Madagascan primate) evolve themselves to become a nocturnal feeder which is when they only come out late evening or during the night to feed and then return to their hiding place.
- Primates like monkeys and apes have long arms and they use the canopies to swing through the trees while trying to avoid predators; sloths also do this
- Aye-aye use the tall rainforest trees as an advantage to make their nest to stay out of sight from the floor predators
- Aye-aye also use their middle finger to scoop insects from tiny holes inside the tree bark
- Little aye-aye (small Madagascan primate) evolve themselves to become a nocturnal feeder which is when they only come out late evening or during the night to feed and then return to their hiding place.
Physiological Adaptation
- Aye-aye have large eyes that allow more light in during the night time
- Aye-aye have large eyes that allow more light in during the night time
Structural Adaptation
- Beaks are a significant source for heat loss, birds that live in more tropical areas can manage to have larger beaks then birds living in colder areas
- South American jaguar have a rich rosette camouflage, helps them hunt down food not only on the ground but also in rivers and streams
- Amazon Horned Frog develop a body that lets them mimic a “leaf litter”. This frog uses their brown-green, leafy-looking body to lie against piles of dried up leaves and then attack their prey for a lazy dinner
- Beaks are a significant source for heat loss, birds that live in more tropical areas can manage to have larger beaks then birds living in colder areas
- South American jaguar have a rich rosette camouflage, helps them hunt down food not only on the ground but also in rivers and streams
- Amazon Horned Frog develop a body that lets them mimic a “leaf litter”. This frog uses their brown-green, leafy-looking body to lie against piles of dried up leaves and then attack their prey for a lazy dinner
Plant Adaptations
- rainforests have high rainfall, the leaves of the trees have 'drip-tips' where they let rainfall drain off quickly.
- the leaves of the lower canopy levels are really broad so they can make the most of whatever sunlight that reaches this layer.
- some vines grow upon tree trunks and then reach to the top layers of the canopy just to search for light (lianas)
-plants that are in the lower layer contain large showy flowers that attract insects for pollination because there aren't a lot of wind at these levels
- tree branches will slowly move outward and upward to try and capture as much moisture and also sunlight as possible
- rainforests have high rainfall, the leaves of the trees have 'drip-tips' where they let rainfall drain off quickly.
- the leaves of the lower canopy levels are really broad so they can make the most of whatever sunlight that reaches this layer.
- some vines grow upon tree trunks and then reach to the top layers of the canopy just to search for light (lianas)
-plants that are in the lower layer contain large showy flowers that attract insects for pollination because there aren't a lot of wind at these levels
- tree branches will slowly move outward and upward to try and capture as much moisture and also sunlight as possible