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One of the largest snakes in the world, the green anaconda can reach impressive proportions -- over 30 feet (9.1 m) in length, 12 inches (30.5 cm) in diameter and more than 550 lbs (250 kg)!

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It is confusing to imagine rain-forests without animals in them!
Rain-forests are very impressive ecosystems. They provide a place for endless interactions between animals, plants and other living organisms (such as a jaguar for example), many of which deeply depend on one other.
Animal differences is so rich in rain-forests because they are a perfect home including perfect conditions (such as abundance of rainfall and warm climates throughout the years) to thousands and thousands of different life types that may not be able to live in other, harsh places of our world.

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Pretend you are in a large jungle, with vines, flowers, trees and orchids. And there is all sorts of animal high in the sky and down on the forest floor and all in between. With tribes running around trying to survive. Do you know where you are? You are in the rain-forest

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Like animals, millions and millions of people around the world rely on the rain forest for food and shelter. In many cases, families clear or burn an area of the forest for farming. They plant crops for a couple of seasons before moving on to a new spot in the forest.

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China's way of trying to save their rainforest (SD)

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China's way of trying to save their rainforest (SD)

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China's being successful in growing back their rainforests.  Last month scientists from America reported that the program that china started sixteen  years ago is working through all of China. The downside of this great achievement is that they are using just as much  rainforest resources but from their neighboring countries.

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China's sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working.

The vast destruction of China's forests, leveled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has become a story of recovery, according to the first independent verification published in today's Science Advances by Michigan State University (MSU) researchers.

"It is encouraging that China's forest has been recovering in the midst of its daunting environmental challenges such as severe air pollution and water shortages," said co-author Jianguo "Jack" Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability and director of MSU's Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS). "In today's telecoupled world, China is increasingly connected with other countries both socioeconomically and environmentally. Every victory must be measured holistically, or we aren't getting a true picture."

Forests are crucial to ensuring soil and water conservation and climate regulation. The fate of forests in the world's most populous nation has global consequences by virtue of the country's sheer magnitude and its rapid development.

Since the beginning of the 21st Century, China has implemented the largest forest conservation andRecovering forests, with deforested areas in the background in Wolong China restoration programs in the world, the Natural Forest Conservation Program (NFCP), which bans logging, and in some forested areas compensates residents for monitoring activities preventing illegal timber harvesting.

The MSU scientists used a unique combination of data, including the big-picture view of NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) annual Vegetation Continuous Fields tree cover product, along with high spatial resolution imagery available in Google Earth. Then they combined data at different scales to correlate the status of the forests with the implementation of the NFCP.

And, as the Chinese government has contended, the program is working and forests are recovering, with about 1.6 percent, or nearly 61,000 square miles, of China's territory seeing a significant gain in tree cover, while 0.38 percent, or 14,400 square miles, experienced significant loss.

"Our results are very positive for China," said author Andrés Viña of MSU-CSIS. "If you look at China in isolation, its program is working effectively and contributing to carbon sequestration in accordance to its agenda for climate change mitigation. But on the other hand, China is not in a vacuum."

In the future, it is important to quantify how much China's forest gain and improved carbon sequestration may be a loss for places like Madagascar, Vietnam and Indonesia. Those are among the countries that are chopping down their forests to sell products to China. And the global increase in greenhouse gases and loss of biodiversity may have just changed addresses.

Viña noted more research is needed to document the broader impacts of forest degradation and recovery around the world. He also noted that the voracious appetite for natural resources -- both timber and the agricultural products grown on converted forestland -- is not just China's issue.

"We are all part of the problem one way or another," he said. "We all buy products from China, and China has not changed their imports and exports of wood at all. What has changed is where timber is coming from."

Besides Viña and Liu, "Effects of conservation policy on China's forest recovery" was written by MSU associate professor William McConnell, and CSIS PhD students Hongbo Yang and Zhenci Xu.

The work was supported by the National Science Foundation and MSU AgBioResearch.

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China's forest recovery shows hope for mitigating global climate change

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China's sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working. The vast destruction of China's forests, leveled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has become a story of recovery, according to the first independent verification published in today's Science Advances by Michigan State University (MSU) researchers.

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Did you know that gorillas have to have their mothers body heat to survive? The most amazing baby gorilla rescue they save a  baby gorilla in africa.  Click on the article to find out what happens to the one year old baby gorilla.

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The poachers-illegal hunters-had finally found a buyer for their stolen goods. A meeting was arranged, and when the buyer asked to see the merchandise, they brought out a small duffel bag and unzipped it. Inside was a terrified one-year-old baby gorilla. The poachers had likely killed the little female's parents and captured her in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Africa. Then they took her across the border into Rwanda, intending to sell her as a pet.

But the buyer didn't bring money; he brought the cops. Busted! The poachers had been set up in a sting operation. They were arrested, but the Rwandan authorities knew the orphan was still in danger. They had rescued baby gorillas before and understood that they needed to act quickly. The authorities rushed the young gorilla to the nearby headquarters of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project. The vets there realized that she had not been given enough food or water, but they were much more worried about something else she hadn't been getting: touch.

Fragile: Handle With Care
"Baby gorillas simply don't survive without their mother's constant body contact," says veterinarian Chris Whittier. "They give up the will to live. She surely would have died within a week if the poachers hadn't been caught." Surprisingly, gorillas, animals well known for their great size and strength, are extremely fragile creatures. The project's staff immediately began holding and cuddling the little female-a kind of touch first aid. If they didn't quickly establish a physical relationship with the baby eastern lowland gorilla, which her caretakers named Dunia, she would not survive.

Dunia resisted attention at first, shying away from people who reached for her. "Dunia needed contact, but there was no reason that she should trust people after what she'd been through," Whittier says. "Humans had killed her family." The massive logging and mining industries in some central African countries bring many people deep into the forests. Hunters supply their need for food by killing almost any animal they find, including primates. Along with the massive habitat destruction caused by industry, illegal hunting threatens to drive the 20,000 to 30,000 remaining eastern lowland gorillas to extinction.
Text by Scott Elder

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The poachers-illegal hunters-had finally found a buyer for their stolen goods. A meeting was arranged, and when the buyer asked to see the merchandise, they brought out a small duffel bag and unzipped it. Inside was a terrified one-year-old baby gorilla.

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Imagine what it would be like growing up in the rainforest ... it's not all climbing kapok trees.  Thirteen year old Romel is a a Chachi Indian growing up in the rainforest of San Salvador.  His days are filled with school, soccer, and chores which includes helping out on the family's cacao farm.  Read this story to learn how Romel's life is both similar and different from your own!

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Kids' Rainforest Stories | Rainforest Alliance

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What would your life be like if your backyard was a rainforest? Read these stories to learn about the students and communities that call these amazing forests home.

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Cute huh, well not really? You'll see why when you read this article. In Mexico called "el tigre" (the tiger) the jaguar hunts deer, agouti, capybara, peccaries, and fish. Jaguars are adaptable animals. There main habitat is the rainforest.

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jaguar facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about jaguar

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Get information, facts, and pictures about jaguar at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about jaguar easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary.

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Did you know makraw parrots live in south america & austrailias rain forests the, well they do and if  you want to know about where more rain forest animals live? click below if you do.

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What sounds do lyrebirds make? Well listen and watch this beautiful lyre bird sing and mimic things in human life that are unbelievable.

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World's Weirdest: Bird Mimics Chainsaw, Car Alarm and More

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This songbird breaks out the sampler to get a mate. And the superb lyrebird doesn't stop at mimicking other bird species - man-made noises just become part of the remix.

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What do sloths do best?  They're sloth-like of course!  That means they move v e r y, v e r y  s l o o o w l y . . . Three toed sloths can be found "hanging around" in the rainforests of Costa Rica.  You might think baby sloths would move faster than their parents, but that isn't the case.  Baby sloths move even more slowly. Watch this video to learn more about this unique rainforest creature.

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The tropical rain-forest is filled with life including animals, plants tribes and trees. Millions of species of animals all of them have a way to get around, slithering, flying, crawling and climbing. And there are lots of plants such as the Rafflisia flower and Cacao tree, all in the rain-forest. So if you want to learn about these, click the video for more information.

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Grades: All | Go on a 400 million year journey to illustrate the diversity and beauty of life in the forests. It features the birds and primates of the forest canopy, and insects of the forest floor. It helps you better understand and appreciate the treasures of this environment.

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Life in Tropical Rainforests of the World - Geography Videos for Kids

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Grades: All | Go on a 400 million year journey to illustrate the diversity and beauty of life in the forests. It features the birds and primates of the forest canopy, and insects of the forest floor. It helps you better understand and appreciate the treasures of this environment.

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Is it an alien or a bird?    First he puffs of his feathers and covers his wings.  Then he walks side to side shaking his "head wires". Lastly he performs gyrations with his body.  If the female accepts him he will exceed his goal in finding a mate for the season.

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The team attempts to catch the female perspective of the male bird of paradise mating dance on video.

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Did you know The sound of a manakin's (scintific name: pipridea call attracts females and tells other males to "back off"?They also "moonwalk" to attract females.They find a staging area called a "leck" and any branch is there dance floor. these birds are very fast. they are very GOOOOD dancers. Click below for more facts, that's a fact.

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World's Weirdest: Birds "Moonwalk" to Impress the Ladies

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Move over, James Brown. When looking for a mate, the male red-capped manakin snaps his wings and dances on a branch to catch a female's eye.

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There are lots of species of animals living in the rain-forest,  this is one of them. It looks like a parrot to me. Lots of the birds are very colorful. Since these birds are very colorful they use these colors to fly across these colors to fly across the sky and attract a mate with its beautiful colors.

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1.  Are lyerbirds at zoos? How long do gorillas live without there moms? How long do gorillas live in the wild and in captivity?

2.How much rainforest has been recovered in China? What does the male bird of paradise shale in front of its head? (SD)

3.why do green anocodas get so big?

4.Why are sloths soooooooooo slow?

5.Why do jaguars not attack humans? (LAS)

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