hi my name is Kylie and welcome to forest animals did you know that there
are different types of forest it's true forests are not just a bunch of trees if
you look closely at the different types of forests you'll find different types
of animals living in each of them in this video you'll learn some facts about
forest animals based on which type of forest they live in let's go on a forest
adventure
forests are fascinating living worlds there are so many types of forests the
three main types of forests we'll explore in this video are the boreal
forest temperate forests and tropical forests let's look at each one more
closely and find out what animals live in each forest boreal forests are found
in the northern parts of the world where it's really cold were like in Alaska
Canada Iceland Scandinavia Siberia and other northern countries you can find
temperatures above 50 degrees Fahrenheit it is usually dry cold air and you won't
find much precipitation in this area that's why the trees in the boreal
forests are mostly coniferous or evergreen with short summers and really
long winters the plants and trees need to be able to survive the harsh
temperatures so you can find a lot of pine and spruce trees that keep their
leaves throughout the entire winter the animals that live in the boreal forests
are able to withstand cold temperatures they are the elk deer moose which is the
largest of the deer species caribou called reindeer in Asia and Europe Bears
that hibernate in the winter and wolves temperate forests are mostly found in
the middle parts of the world including Europe and North America and also parts
of China and Japan temperatures can be cold or hot you can find warm summers
and cool winters in these parts of the world because of this climate temperate
forests have deciduous and coniferous trees in them
de Sidious trees lose their leaves in the fall like maple oak elm and birch
trees in temperate forests you can find wolves raccoons which are considered to
be foragers because they search for food in many places in the wild
black bears porcupines Amur leopards which have been reported to leap more
than nineteen feet horizontally and Bald Eagles which are unique to North America
and can fly up to as fast as a hundred miles an hour whoa you can also find
squirrels crows and bats tropical forests are warm wet places located near
the equator the temperatures are around 80 degrees Fahrenheit both day and night
we sometimes call these types of forests jungles or rainforests because there are
different layers to these forests the ground or floor is almost all shade you
can find large animals here including the Okapi which look like zebras
because of their stripes but they are more like giraffes they eat buds leaves
and fruit from the plants on the ground of tropical forests the tapir which is a
pig-like mammal that also eats plants and is nocturnal or it stays up at night
and sleeps during the day the sumatran rhinoceros the smallest species of the
rhinoceros with two horns they are endangered which means they aren't many
left of these types of rhinoceros in the world so we need to protect them along
with all the animals the western lowland gorillas whose scientific name is
gorilla gorilla gorilla three times funny and the African forest elephant
which weighs up to five tons you can also find reptiles amphibians and
insects in this layer because they like the decaying plants and mushrooms that
grow in this wet dark part of the tropical forest anacondas live in the
swamps within a tropical forest and these huge snakes have been known to eat
Jaguars the understory is the layer of shrubs in the middle of the tropical
forest it only receives a little sunlight here
you can find some small mammals birds and reptiles you can also find Jaguars
known for their beautiful spotted fur they look like leopards but are stronger
and sturdier poison dart frogs also live here they secrete a poison that can
paralyze or kill predators their poison was once used to coat the tips of arrows
Tigers can also be found in a tropical forest they're the largest of all the
Asian big cats be careful and the treetops layer or the canopy is where we
find a lot more sunlight many animals live in the canopy including
monkeys chimpanzees spider monkeys which are endangered leopards three-toed
sloths and scarlet macaws which are also on the endangered species list because
people capture these majestic brightly colored birds to keep them as pets of
course some of these animals live in more than one forest or habitat and
there are also many sub forests we didn't mention in this video like the
bamboo forests of China where we can find the giant panda bear our world is
so rich with living environments there is so much to know about forest animals
because there are so many of them in the world we couldn't cover all of them in
one video be sure to watch our other videos about animals and practice what
you've learned on our fun online games and quizzes remember to always be clever