Let's take a look and learn about 10 of our Favourite animals in the Amazon!
1 Jaguars
This is a jaguar.
Wow!
A jaguar is like a very big house cat.
Jaguars are about 6 feet long.
House cats are about a foot and a half long.
House cats sleep on top of cat trees, jaguars sleep
in trees.
House cats like to hunt mice, flies and cat toys.
Jaguars like to hunt deer, monkeys
crocodiles, snakes, tapirs, fish and anything else they can catch.
Cats love to hunt!
Jaguars love
water and are great swimmers.
House cats despise water.
2 Ocelots
Ocelots are a type of cat too!
They’re bigger than a house cat, about twice the size, and they
are much smaller than a jaguar.
They have a very unique spotted coat.
Their coat helps them
blend better in the forest!
They are nocturnal which means they sleep during the day and are
awake at night.
They hunt small animals like rodents and iguanas.
Like jaguars, they love to
swim too!
House cats still hate water.
3 Tapirs
This is a tapir!
Pretty neat, huh?
Have you ever seen another animal like a tapir?
They are
closely related to horses and rhinos.
See the resemblance?
Tapirs are sweet, gentle creatures.
They love to eat leaves and fruit.
Like ocelots, they are nocturnal and are awake at night.
They also like to play in water!
In fact if there is a predator near by (like a jaguar), they hide under the
water and poke their snout above the surface to breathe.
Like a snorkel!
4 Capybaras
These are Capybaras!
They’re a type of water hog!
They are very friendly creatures and get
along with all kinds of animals like monkeys, turtles, ducks and even crocodiles!
Capybaras
travel in groups of 10-30 animals.
They help look out for each other and bark to warn animals in
their group if there is a predator near by.
Cabybaras like to stay near water and have webbed
feet.
Like tapirs, they will hide under water to stay safe.
They can stay under water for 5
minutes!
They have to hold their breath because they don’t have a snorkel.
Maybe they can
borrow one.
5 Anacondas
This is an anaconda, one of the world’s biggest snakes.
Yikes!
When born, baby anacondas are
two feet long and can take care of themselves from the get-go.
That means you won’t see baby
anacondas with their Mommies and Daddies.
Whoah!
Anacondas grow to be up to 30 feet long,
that’s almost as long as a school bus!
Ay ay ay!
They also like to be in or near water.
Their eyes
and nostrils are on top of their head so they can hide in water and still breathe.
They like to hunt
tapirs, capybaras, birds and fish.
Look out, friends!
6 Poisonous Dart Frogs
The poison dart frog.
So bright and pretty.
Makes you want to touch them right?
DON’T!
The bright colors actually warn
Amazon animals to stay away.
They’re poisonous.
Poison dart frogs
like the Golden Poision dart frog have enough poison to kill 20,000 mice.
That’s a lot of poison!
Most frogs are nocturnal but poison dart frogs are active during the day.
Maybe they want to
show off their beautiful bright colors.
Frogs eats insects by using their long, sticky tongue.
When they see an insect,
they see an insect, they dart out their long, sticky tongue and zap the unsuspecting bug!
7 Macaws
These beautiful bright birds are macaws!
Don’t worry, they’re not poisonous like poison dart frogs.
Macaws are part of the parrot family.
Macaws live up to 60-80 years.
They gather in flocks
of 10-30 birds.
They squawk to communicate with each other, mark territory and identify with
one another.
They eat fruit, nuts, insects and snails.
Baby macaws stay with they parents for
about a year.
Some macaws can mimic human sounds.
Have you ever heard a parrot talk?
“Squawk!
I’m a human.”
8 Capuchin Monkeys
These little cuties are capuchin monkeys!
They are on average between 13-22 inches long.
Their tail are 15-22 inches long, about the same size as their body.
Their tail is used to grasp
and hold things like tree branches.
Capuchin monkeys are very smart and use sticks to dig for
their food like nuts and insects.
They also use stones to crack open the hard shells of nuts!
They are very cooperative with each other
and work together.
Newborn capuchin monkeys ride on
their mother’s backs.
So cute!
9 Howler Monkeys
Howler monkeys are the largest monkeys in the Americas.
They are on average 2 feet tall with a
30 inch tail.
They weigh about 15 pounds as an adult and live about 20 years.
Howlers are
vegetarian which means they don’t eat meat.
They love to eat leaves, fruits and flowers.
Along with being the biggest monkey
in the Americas, they are one of the loudest monkeys in the world!
They howl to let others know where their territory is, alerting them to stay away.
They live in groups of 15-20 howler monkeys and mostly stay up in trees.
They only come down if
there is a dry spell and they need water.
Staying up in trees keeps them safe from most predators.
10 Piranhas
This is a piranha.
A fish with teeth!
Ahhhhhh!
Piranha translates to “fish tooth”.
Ahhhhhh!
To make things even scarier,
these fish live up to 25 years.
And to make things even scarier, they
swim in schools of 1000 fish!
Ahhhhhhh!
They have a silver body with red patches which serves
as camouflage in muddy waters!
AHHHHHH!
Animal friends, out of the water!
Except you, Anaconda, you can stay.
Those are some of the amazing animals that live in Amazon.
Pretty neat, huh?
Which animal was your favorite?
Which animal was the scariest?
Which animal do you want to be friends with?!
Did we leave out your favorite Amazon animal?
Tell us in the comments below, we want to know what you think!