By: Jessica V, Sabah Y, and Kelsey T

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LIFE IN THE AMAZON

• By Jessica V, Sabah Y, and Kelsey T

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HERBIVORES IN THE AMAZON
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YELLOW-EARED PARROT

• Name Yellow-eared parrot.
• Description Yellow and green feathers, black
  beak and black eyes.
• Habitat Columbia and Northern Ecuador, Forested
  Areas.
• Diet Wax palm fruit, berries and seeds.
• Predators Humans.

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THE HOWLER MONKEY

• Name Howler Monkey.
• Description Black, brown fur, big eyes, lives in
  the trees.
• Habitat Trees of Central and South America
  Rainforests.
• Diet Fruits and nuts.
• Predators Jaguar, Humans, Snakes and other
  larger animals.

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THE CAPYBARA

• Name Capybara.
• Description Brown, gray black. It is the biggest
  rodent in the world.
• Habitat The Capybara live near the water in the
  Amazon rainforest, Columbia, Uruguay, and
  Argentina.
• Diet Eats water plants, grass, and tree bark.
• Predators Jaguar, Puma, and Caiman.

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SCAVENGERS IN THE AMAZON
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THE KING VULTURE

• Name King Vulture
• Description The King Vulture 32 inches in length
  and has a wing span of up to 4 feet. They are the
  most colorful vulture and the largest vulture.
• Habitat They live in dense tropical rainforest
  in Central and South America.
• Diet Carrion(decaying flesh of dead body).

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THE EARTHWORM

• Name Earthworm
• Description They eat decaying plant mater such
  as leaves and grass. The Earthworm breaths
  through its skin.They move soil around to allow
  more air and water in.
• Habitat In the soil of the forest floor of a
  rainforest.
• Diet Dead plant material.

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• Name Jaguar
• Description The jaguar is tan with black spots
  with rings and can also be black. The jaguar is
  the length of 4 feet and 2.25-3 feet in height.
  Females weight 100-200 pounds and males can way
  up to 200-250 pounds. Cubs can weigh up to 25-32
  pounds at birth. Jaguars can live up to 22 years.

Jaguar
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Jaguar

• Habitat Central South America SW USA.
• They also live in the dense tropical forest,
  swamps and open country. Under story layer of
  rainforests.
• Diet The jaguar eats grown animals such as
  peccaries, capybara, sloth, tapir, deer, and
  monkeys. They also eat cattle, fish, frogs,
  turtles, and small rodents. They will eat almost
  anything

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• Name Rainbow Boa
• Description They can change color that is why
  they are called the Rainbow Boa. The Rainbow Boa
  ranges up to 3.5-7 feet long and weighs 10
  pounds. They kill their pray by wrapping around
  it and squeezing it.
• HabitatThe boa lives in the tropical rainforest.
  Costa Rica and South America.
• Diet they eat rats bats and small mammals.

Rainbow Boa
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• Name Bush Dog
• Description The Bush Dog grows to about 1 foot
  to the shoulder. They way about 10-15 pounds.
  They travel in small packs. The Bush Dog can swim
  and dive under water.
• HabitatThe Bush Dog lives in the Amazon
  Rainforest. Also other rainforests and other
  parts of South America.
• Diet They mostly eat rodents (agoutis and
  capybaras).

Bush Dog
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Omnivores In The Amazon

• What is an Omnivore?
• An Omnivore is an animal that eats both meat
  and plants.

• Margay
• Weighs between 3-4 lbs
• Lives in Central and South America
• Eats fruit and small animals

• Golden Headed Lion Tarmarin
• 2lbs
• 12 in tall
• Lives in Costal Rainforest and Southeast Brazil
• Eats fruits and small bugs

• Pygmy Marmoset
• Weighs about 8g
• About 5.5 in tall
• Lives in Tropical Rainforests, and The Amazon
  Basin
• Fruits and Lisards

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Producers of the Amazon

• What is a Producer?
• Producers are plants that get energy from
  themselves .Producers are important because they
  are the bottom of the food chain.

• Ayahuasca Vine
• Lives in the Amazon
• Long Leaves, small flowers
• Size Varies

• Amazon Sword
• Lives South America
• 35cm

• Elodea
• Lives in Central and South America
• 300cm
• Found in water or sand

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THE AMAZONFOOD WEB
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• Producers Plants that make their own food.
• Herbivores Animals that eat the producers.
• Omnivores Animals that eat producers and other
  animals.
• Carnivores Animals that eat only other animals.
• If one of the animals were removed from the food
  web, then the whole web would not work out.

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