Tropical Rainforest facts
While investigating facts about Tropical Rainforest, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Venus flytraps are native to North and South Carolina, not tropical rainforests.
Species of iguana that live in tropical rainforest spend the most of their life high in the treetops, often on the height of 40 to 50 feet.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 18 of the best facts about Tropical Rainforest I managed to collect.
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Horned marsupial frog lives on the trees (arboreal animal). Circular pads on the feet facilitate movement through the dense canopy of tropical rainforests.
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Eelgrass is very important member of the aquatic ecosystems. It transforms loose, shifting sandy bottom into habitat suitable for the growth of algae and diatoms. Eelgrass beds provide food and shelter for various aquatic invertebrates (such as worms, crabs and shellfish) and fish (finfish, pipefish and salmons). Many species of fish spawn near the eelgrass beds. They also serve as "nurseries" for young fish. Biological diversity of eelgrass bed can be easily compared with tropical rainforests.
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The majority of the land of the National Park of American Samoa is made up of tropical rainforest.
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Sahara Desert might turn to a tropical rainforest 15,000 years from now due to Sahara pump theory.
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With sylvatic yellow fever mosquitos bite infected monkeys and pass it on to humans in tropical rainforest regions.
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It is estimated that deforestation has already resulted in the loss of 50% of the earth's tropical rainforests.
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The Bull Kauri species of tropical trees are found in Daintree Rainforest and are some of the biggest in the world.
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The word "Jungle", a synonym for "tropical rainforest" in English, is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning "dry"
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The ecosystem of Pacific temperate rainforests is so productive that the biomass on the best sites is at least four times greater than that of any comparable area in tropical rainforests.
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Daintree Rainforest is estimated to be at least 180 million years old. This would make Daintree the world's oldest tropical rainforest.
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The Sepik River's watershed (area of land drained by the river) is 30,000 square miles in size, which is made up of swamps, tropical rainforests, and mountains.
There is a tree-living species of kangaroo that roams high up in tropical rainforest trees - source
Fort Lauderdale is technically located within a tropical rainforest climate. - source
The tropical rainforests of Virgin Islands National Park are home to a variety of wildlife species and plant species.
Asia lost almost a third of its tropical forest between 1960 and 1980. Almost 90 per cent of West Africa's rainforest has been destroyed. Between 1980 and 2000, 14 per cent of Brazil's rainforest was cleared. And, we lose 50 species every day due to tropical deforestation! - source
Palm Beach, Florida, has a tropical rainforest climate.
