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Collared peccary Termite
These piglike animals live in large family groups These social insects live in colonies all over
called herds in Central and South America. They the world. All termites have specific jobs
do everything as a family, including searching for to do, such as taking care of the eggs,
food, eating, and sleeping. They bark to warn raising young, building the mound,
family members of danger from predators. or finding food.
The queen termite is
bigger than all the
workers. She is the
only one that
lays eggs.
Peccaries snuffle Termite
around on the mounds
forest floor are full of
looking for tunnels and
food to eat. chambers.
Family friends
Some birds flock together
when forests are being
cut down and finding
food becomes hard. With
many birds looking, they
can find food more Red-crowned Lesser woodcreeper White-collared
quickly and warn each ant tanager These birds have a large foliage gleaner
other of danger. Ants are these birds’ appetite for beetles and Found in Brazil, these
favorite food. sometimes ants. birds like to eat bugs.
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