Summary
Rainforests cover a small slice of the planet but hold a huge share of its species. The episode explores how gorillas, orangutans, birds-of-paradise and countless insects fit together in a crowded, competitive jungle where every living thing depends on the others.
Viewer safety
Ages 5+Mild peril
Some competition and hunting between animals; nothing graphic.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Rainforests hold an enormous variety of life in a small space.
- Why do so many kinds of animals live in the rainforest?
- Choose one rainforest animal and explain what it needs to survive.
- How do plants and animals in the jungle depend on each other?
- What might happen to rainforest animals if the trees were cut down?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: rainforest, biodiversity, canopy, depend.
Try it: Make a quick food chain from the episode: name a plant, an animal that eats it, and an animal that eats that animal.