Animal adaptations in tropical rainforest

• Sloth


  • Long arms
  • Curved feet for grasping branches
  • Camouflage - move slowly and grow algae on fur
• Spider Monkey


  • Hook-like hands
  • Long arms
  • Prehensile tail - longer than body, 23 vertebrae for suppleness and strength
• Flying Frog


  • Webbed hands and feet
  • Flap of loose skin between limbs that allows gliding
• How Flying Frogs move

  1. Live almost exclusively in trees

  2. Descend only to mate and lay eggs

  3. Leap from branch and splay webbed feet when threatened or in search of prey
• There is a great deal of competition for food because there are so many animals in the tropical rainforest
• Some animals are very specialised and live off a specific plant or animal that few others eat