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More than 2,100 frog species call rain forests their home. In a 3-square-kilometer (1.16-square-mile)...

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Insects' make up the largest single group of animals that live in tropical forests. They include...

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The average temperature of a rain forest is about 77° Fahrenheit. The rain forest is about the same...

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Rainforests now cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface. Scientists estimate that more than half of...

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About 1/4 of all the medicines we use come from rainforest plants. Curare comes from a tropical vine,...

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Reptiles in the rain forest number in the thousands but pictured here is the Anaconda. The anaconda is the largest snake in the world.

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Although Fruit Loops didn't come from the rain forest, Toucan Sam most likely did. Toucans...

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Jaguars are native to the rain forests along with approximately half of the worlds plant and animal...

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Rain forests are named for the abundance of rain they receive each year (at least 106 inches) and...

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Rain forests are home to an abundance of natural resources including rubber. Seen here...

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The rain forest is broken down into layers with different animals and plant life occupying each level.

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Just an idea of the beauty on the rain forest floor.

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This is the locations' of the remaining major rainforest's.

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About half of the mature tropical forests, between 750 to 800 million hectares of the original 1.5 to...

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Here are just a few species that inhabit the rainforest.

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