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RAINFOREST RARITIES The biggest rainforest covers an area of 7 million sq km (2.7 million sq miles) around the Amazon River in South America. The climate is perfect for animals, plants and insects because it is always hot and rains every day. How do rainforest natives use ants Aggressive army ants have large jaws, which they can open wide in order to bite their prey. Rainforest natives noticed this and decided the army ants could help them. Squeezing the ant from behind makes it bite down on a wound, creating a handy stitch and so preventing infection. An army ant. FACT FILE A single colony of army ants could contain as many as 700,000 ants, which live off the forest floor. Army ants will have a bite of anything that crosses their path. Leaf-cutter ants feed on fungus, which grows inside their nest. The fungus needs freshly cut leaves in order to grow, which the ants collect from the forest. The by-product of this process adds fertiliser to the topsoil, which helps to keep the rainforest plants and trees healthy. Leaf-cutter ants at work. Which rainforest butterfly should be avoided The brightly coloured orange monarch butterfly looks tempting to predators. However, if eaten, the predator will soon regret it. The monarch’s poison doesn’t kill, but it makes the predator sick – something the predator remembers next time it’s passing. Which ants help to maintain the environment A monarch butterfly.
Which rainforest insect tucks itself into bed at night The morpho butterfly has brilliant blue wings that make it stand out as one of the most beautiful butterflies in the world. In order to ensure sweet dreams and no nightmare predator attacks, the morpho tucks away its brightly coloured wings so that it can blend into the environment. It hangs from trees or the underside of leaves. A morpho butterfly. Rainforests are home to many colourful insects.
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