Interesting facts!!!
1. Did you know 80% of Australian rainforest flowers are not
found anywhere else in the world?
2. The trees of a tropical rainforest
are so thick that rain falling on
the canopy can take as long as 10 minutes
to reach the ground.
3. About 2000 trees are cut down per minute.
4. Did you know in the moist rainforests of South America, sloths move so slowly
that algae are
able to grow in their fur :) :)?
5. An area of a
rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each
second.
6. 1 out of 4 ingredients in our medicine is from rainforest plants.
7. Giant bamboo plants can grow up to 9 inches a day.
8. Some rainforest
monkeys are omnivore which means they eat both animals and
plants.
found anywhere else in the world?
2. The trees of a tropical rainforest
are so thick that rain falling on
the canopy can take as long as 10 minutes
to reach the ground.
3. About 2000 trees are cut down per minute.
4. Did you know in the moist rainforests of South America, sloths move so slowly
that algae are
able to grow in their fur :) :)?
5. An area of a
rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each
second.
6. 1 out of 4 ingredients in our medicine is from rainforest plants.
7. Giant bamboo plants can grow up to 9 inches a day.
8. Some rainforest
monkeys are omnivore which means they eat both animals and
plants.