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Jungle Animals

Which bird is smaller than a butterfly?
The bee hummingbird of South America is the world's smallest bird. It ...

Which animal has the biggest appetite?
You might think that the answer would be a jaguar, or an alligator. ...

How big is the biggest moth in the rainforest?
The Hercules atlas moth, from Australia and Papua New Guinea, has a ...

Which bird builds the smallest nests?
The vervain hummingbird of South America builds a nest from plants ...

Which is the laziest rainforest animal?
The laziest animal in the rainforest has to be the three-toed sloth, ...

Which rodent breaks records?
The world's biggest rodent is the capybara, from South America. ...

Which spider is as big as a plate?
Including its eight hairy legs, a bird-eating spider, or tarantula, ...

What is white and pink and keeps its baby in its pocket?
A cuscus is a marsupial from Papua New Guinea. It has a pouch on its ...

What keeps its baby in a watertight pouch?
The yapok is a marsupial from Central and South America that is ...

Which is the rarest rainforest animal?
So much of their forest home has been cleared to make space for ...

Which is the shyest rainforest animal?
The shyest animal in the rainforest is probably the okapi. These ...

Which flies’ eyes pop out on stalks?
Diopsid flies live in many rainforests. They have eyes on the end of ...

How does a turtle keep its nostrils dry?
The matamata turtle uses its long neck as a snorkel to hold its ...

Which beetle looks like a giraffe?
The bizarre giraffe-necked weevil, from Madagascar, is one of the ...

How do antbirds avoid getting stung?
Antbirds follow armies of ants, as they swarm through the South ...

Why do cock-of-the-rocks like dancing?
Male cock-of-the-rocks are brilliant orange and black birds. To ...

Which bird was worshipped as a god?
Quetzals are glittering green and crimson birds from Central America. ...

How do sunbirds slurp up their food?
Like hummingbirds, sunbirds from Asia and Africa feed on nectar from ...

Which birds have the longest tails?
The male argus pheasant of Asia has the longest feathers of any ...

When can a hyacinth fly?
The spectacular hyacinth macaw of South America is one of the rarest ...

Which rainforest bird helps people find honey?
The honeyguide is a small bird that lives in Africa and Asia. Like ...

What eats lemur dung for breakfast?
Dung-roller beetles in Madagascar collect up the droppings of sifaka ...

What glows in the dark and catches its food in a curtain?
Fungus gnats are tiny insects from Australia. Their worm-like larvae ...

Which stick is really an insect?
Stick insects live in rainforests all over the world. They are long ...

What creature drinks several times its own weight in blood?
Leeches live in rainforests all over the world. They gorge themselves ...

Why are grasshoppers flashy?
At rest, many rainforest grasshoppers are well camouflaged among the ...

Are ants good at needlework?
Some are! Tailor ants make their nests from living leaves, still ...

Which caterpillars live in a tent?
The tent-caterpillar moth of South America gets its name from the way ...

Which bird hangs upside down to show off?
The dazzling feathers of male birds of paradise give the birds their ...

Which minibeast carries its babies on its back?
A female scorpion carries her babies on her back, to keep them safe ...

What wasp lays its eggs in the body of a live insect?
In many rainforests, female ichneumon wasps lay their eggs in the ...

Which tadpoles learn to swim in a plant?
Bromeliads are rainforest plants related to pineapples. They grow ...

Which bird imprisons itself in a tree?
In Africa, a female hornbill lays her eggs in a hole in a tree. Then, ...

Which baby bird has claws on its wings?
Hoatzins live in South America. They build their nests in trees that ...

Which creature performs a miracle?
The basilisk lizard of South America has an amazing ability. It walks ...

Why do frogs have suckers on their feet?
Many rainforest frogs live high up in the trees to avoid hungry ...

Which animals bounce across the ground?
Sifakas are lemurs from Madagascar. They can't run on all fours ...

What bird is like a helicopter?
Hummingbirds feed on nectar, found deep inside rainforest flowers in ...

Are there dragons in the rainforest?
Yes, there are flying dragons! These are a type of lizard. They have ...

How do gibbons swing so fast?
Gibbons have arms that are longer than their bodies. This helps them ...

How do snakes climb trees?
Many rainforest snakes are excellent climbers. Their long, muscular ...

Which snake pretends to be poisonous?
For some rainforest animals, pretending to be poisonous is the next ...

Do centipedes have a poisonous bite?
Centipedes are fierce hunters, and their first pair of legs is ...

How do people get poison from arrow-poison frogs?
To extract poison from arrow-poison frogs, South American hunters ...

Which animal shoots boiling poison at its enemies?
Bombardier beetles have a very unusual and unpleasant way of warning ...

What would happen if you trod on a stingray?
You'd get a painful shock! Stingrays are usually quite harmless, ...

Which animal has a sting in its tail?
If you're out and about in rainforests all over the world, ...

Which snake was once used as a weapon?
The fer-de-lance is a deadly poisonous snake that grows up to 8 feet ...

Which fish could give you a nasty shock?
Electric eels live in slow, sluggish streams in the Amazon ...

Why do some moths have four eyes?
When it is resting on the forest floor, in South America, the wild ...

Which animal blows up like a balloon?
The huge rococo toad, from South America, protects itself from hungry ...

Which caterpillar acts like a snake?
Caterpillars make tasty meals for rainforest birds. To scare off ...

How sharp are a wild boar’s tusks?
Very sharp indeed! Wild boars live in some parts of Asia. They use ...

What makes a cockroach hiss?
In the rainforests of Madagascar, big brown cockroaches come out at ...

Which animal looks like a pine cone?
A pangolin is like a type of anteater covered in hard, sharp scales ...

Why do toucans have such colorful beaks?
Toucans are famous for their striking beaks, which can grow longer ...

Which animal can change color?
Chameleons are masters of disguise. Their skin is usually green or ...

What makes a leaf-tailed gecko invisible?
The leaf-tailed gecko, of Madagascar, spends the day head-down on a ...

What disguises itself as a bird dropping?
The crab spider! To take their insect prey by surprise, some crab ...

Which butterflies keep vanishing?
As a Morpho butterfly flies through the rainforest trees of South ...

Which rainforest insect looks like a flower?
In the rainforest, things aren't always what they seem. Many animals ...

What do katydids do?
Katydids are small grasshoppers that disguise themselves brilliantly. ...

How does the fishing bat catch its supper?
The fishing bat, of South America, hunts for its food using sound. It ...

What can strip the meat off a cow in minutes?
Piranhas are small, snappy fish with a terrible reputation. The ...

What makes the orchid bee drunk?
The orchid bees, of South America, carry pollen from one gongora ...

Which is the fiercest rainforest hunter?
The jaguar is king of the South American rainforest. A fierce hunter, ...

Which spiders spin the biggest webs?
The biggest, strongest spider webs are built by golden orb-weaver ...

Which animal uses its fingers like forks?
The aye-aye is a very rare lemur, from Madagascar. It uses its long, ...

Which vines eat frogs?
Vine snakes hang down head-first from the trees in rainforests all ...

Which animals squeeze their prey to death?
Snakes called boas kill their prey by squeezing. The gray tree boa, ...

Which animal uses semaphore?
It can be difficult to be heard in the noisy rainforests of South ...

Which monkey turns red with rage?
Many monkeys have brightly colored skin or hair to signal to others. ...

Which bird sounds like a bell?
To attract a mate, the male bellbird of Central and South America ...

Why do tarsiers have such big eyes?
Tarsiers are tiny, monkey-like animals from South-east Asia. They ...

Which animals use their tails like flags?
When ring-tailed lemurs go for a walk through the forests of ...

Why does the mouse deer stamp its feet?
Mouse deer live in Asia. They are about the size of hares, with ...

Which is the quietest rainforest animal?
The tapirs of South America and Asia are very shy, secretive animals. ...

Which animal burps a lot?
Male orangutans of South-east Asia burp loudly to warn other males to ...

How did the elephant shrew get its name?
From its long, trunk-like nose! These little creatures are about the ...

Why are tapirs black and white?
You might think that a Malayan tapir's black and white stripes would ...

What’s flat and slithers along the forest floor?
During a downpour, long, colorful flatworms ooze along the forest ...

What is slimy and moldy?
Slime molds are very strange life-forms that live on the rainforest ...

Which bird uses its head like a battering ram?
Cassowaries are huge birds that live in the rainforests of Australia ...

Which creepy-crawly lives under a trapdoor?
Trapdoor spiders dig a burrow in the forest floor, and cover it with ...

What do orangutans use as umbrellas?
It rains almost every day in the rainforest. Some animals don't mind ...

Who lives in a treehouse and eats monkeys?
Giant eagles, such as the monkey-eating eagle of the Philippines and ...

Which kangaroo lives in trees?
Most kangaroos are adapted for hopping about on the ground. But not ...

Which birds hang their nests from trees?
In the rainforests of South America, oropendola birds build nests ...

Who lives in a tree ant’s nest?
Tree ants, of course! But when the tree ants move out, birds, called ...

Which insects live in a tower?
Termites are tiny creatures, no bigger than grains of rice. They live ...

How do rainforests grow?
Rainforests grow in layers, depending on the height of the trees. At ...

Why are rainforests being cut down?
Rainforests were once twice the size they are today, and they are ...

Are rainforests the same as jungles?
You often hear rainforests called jungles, and the two words mean ...

Why are they called rainforests?
Because of where they grow, rainforests are hot and wet all year ...

Where do most rainforest animals live?
Most rainforest animals, from large, sleepy sloths to tiny insects, ...

Where is the biggest rainforest?
The world's biggest rainforest grows in South America, along the ...

Where do rainforests grow?
Rainforests grow along the Equator in the areas called the tropics, ...

What is being done to save them?
All over the world, conservation groups are working hard to save the ...