Tropical Rainforest Biome

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Tropical Rainforest Biome Research Paper

This report will be on the research done on tropical rainforest biomes. The information covered will have been picked up from many different sources and places of information. Topics discussed in this paper include the following; areas that tropical rainforests are prominent; climate, weather and statistical rainfall amounts, temperature; terrain; plants, animals, mutualisms, commensalisms, and parasitisms; food chains and competition; national parks and forests; invasive species; and the effects of humans, pollution, and efforts to stop pollution. Tropical rainforests are generally located near the equator. Temperatures go up significantly near the middle of the Earth. Rainforests are found mostly
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The fruit develops many times a year, and many animals in the forest rely on figs for food. The figs are in trees in the top canopy, and the seeds start off as parasitic organisms on other trees and plants.
Animals found in tropical rainforests include vampire bats, chimpanzees, the two-toed sloth, and the king cobra. These animals are very different from one another.
Vampire bats is smaller than three inches, and has an interesting diet. Unlike other bats, vampires bats stalk their prey and can walk, hop, and run. They drink small amounts of blood from mammals and birds, and will die after two days of not feeding.
Chimps are between three to five feet tall, and eat many things. Their diet can consist of seeds, fruits, leaves, and even bugs. Babies will hold onto their mothers’ fur until they are around three or four years of age. Regardless, the babies stay close to their mothers for years.
The two-toed sloth is also known as Linn’s Sloth. Two-toed sloths’ fur is very fine and wispy, going from front to back. Only three of their five claws are visible. It eats leaves, bark, and will sometimes eat smaller
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Cobras can reach 18 feet at their maturity. No matter how old the snake is, their venom is just as lethal as venom from fully grown adults. These snakes have a diet that consists of mainly other species of snakes.
An example of parasitism in tropical rainforests is the strangler fig as mentioned above. The seeds use a host tree until they are old enough to sprout on their own. An example of mutualism is the relationship between leaf-cutter ants and fungi. The ants will protect and feed the fungi, and in return, the ants lay their larvae in the fungi. This protects and benefits both of the organisms. A commensalism in the rainforests would be how bromeliads, such as a pineapple, grow on different trees to reach more sunlight. This does not hurt or benefit the host.
A food chain will be inserted below. Producers make their own food using sunlight. The primary consumers consume the producers. The secondary consumers consume the primary consumers. The tertiary consumers will consume the secondary