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Living in the canopy
Soaking up the sunlight, this thick, leafy layer of the rain forest is
full of life. Trees and plants stretch upward and animals live among
the branches. Canopy life can be tricky, but everything living here
has found a clever way of surviving up high. Here are some of them.
Just
hanging!
Lianas Sloth
Lianas are vines on a mission to reach What’s the rush? Sloths spend years slowly moving
the sunlight. As these plants grow, around from branch to branch, picking leaves to
they wrap around the trunks of trees eat. Some just stay on a favorite tree for days on
for support as they climb higher. end, hanging on with their long claws.
Flying fox
Shlurp! Although called a fox, this animal is
actually a bat. It glides through the
canopy, searching for flowers so it can
eat the sweet nectar from inside.
Bromeliad
Shaped like a bucket, bromeliad plants
collect rainwater. Animals in the treetops
visit when they need a drink.
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