Presentation for the extracurricular event "jungle animals". What animals live in the African jungle? What animals live in the jungle list

Margarita Enyakina

Summary of GCD on the topic:

"Journey to the Jungle" in the senior group

Integration educational areas: Cognitive development, Speech development, Socially – communication development, Physical development

Tasks:

Educational:

1. Form an idea of the jungle as one of the climatic zones of Africa

2. Strengthen ideas about African animals: monkey, elephant, leopard

3. Arouse interest in further exploration of the mainland

Educational:

1. Develop logical thinking, memory, intelligence

2. Develop speech activity, the ability to express and prove your point of view

3. Develop motor skills and abilities

Educational:

1. Develop the ability to independently unite and play a variety of games

Methods and techniques:

Visual: presentation, pictures, map

Verbal: story, questions, riddle, logical tasks

Games: Didactic game “Who Lives in the Jungle?”, outdoor games “Monkeys”, “Leopards”

Material and equipment:

Multimedia equipment, pictures of animals of Africa and other continents, a map of Africa, two markers and two white sheets for the outdoor game “Leopards”, a picture of a suitcase and chips

Logics educational activities:

Organizational moment:

The teacher rings the bell and invites the children:

My bell is ringing

Invites everyone to the circle

1h Introductory

Guys, do you like to travel?

I invite you on a journey to amazing continent, and guess which one, guess for yourself.

The mainland is big

Very hot and dry

It's summer there all year round

Who will call him for me? (Africa)

(The teacher hangs up a map of Africa.)

Motivation for activity:

Guys, let's take a suitcase of knowledge on our journey. (The teacher hangs up a picture of a suitcase) and fill it with knowledge.

2h. Main

What do you think is the most mysterious, enigmatic and beautiful climate zone in Africa? (jungle)

Today the jungle will reveal its secrets to you.

Reviewing presentation slides

The jungle is an impenetrable forest. A continuous wall of trees, shrubs, and grasses intertwined with vines different lengths. Lianas cover trees, climb up, become entangled with the foliage of other trees and block the sun.

Therefore, below, where they do not go sun rays: dampness, twilight, suffocating air, hard to breathe. Everything here is alarming and scary. Poisonous snakes, insects, and predators threaten humans at every turn.

Who do you think is the scariest person in the jungle? (children's answers)

It turns out that the worst ones are ants. Whole hordes attack travelers. X bites are poisonous.

Do you think it's possible to walk in the jungle? (children's answers)

You can’t walk in the jungle like you can in our forest. You can't get through without an axe. Only the strong and knowledgeable can travel.

Fizminutka

This is a lion - he is the king of beasts

There is nothing in the world stronger than his walking in circles

And funny monkeys

All the vines were rocked, tilted to the sides

Here's a good, smart elephant

Sends everyone a bow and bends forward

The leopard gallops so nicely

It’s like our beloved ball is bouncing

Zebra head shakes

He invites you to visit him by tilting his head forward and backward

Didactic game “Who lives in the jungle?”

Guys, look how many different animals there are here. Choose only animals living in the African jungle. (children choose, prove and arrange pictures on the easel)

What animal is similar to a human? (monkey)

Logic problem:

Can a monkey live in the desert? (no, because the monkey eats leaves, flowers, fruits, tree buds, but they don’t grow in the desert)

What do monkeys like to do? (climb vines, jump, tumble)

Outdoor game "Monkeys"

(Children stand in a circle. They are monkeys. A driver is selected. The driver shows different movements, and the monkeys repeat after him.)

Which animal has the longest nose (Elephant)

Why does an elephant need a trunk? (Drinks, eats, pours water on himself, carries loads)

The trunk is a nose that is fused with the upper lip. At the end of the nose there are nostrils and grasping projections, like fingers.

Who is the elephant afraid of (Mice. Mice can sneak into the trunk at night and gnaw through it)

Which animal is the fastest? (Leopard)

What does a leopard look like? (on the cat)

Leopard is a wild cat with a long tail and powerful legs. Leopards live alone. During the day they rest on tree branches, and at night they go out hunting.

How is leopard fur colored? (There are black spots all over this body)

Outdoor game "Leopards"

(Children are divided into two teams. Two leopards are selected. A white sheet of paper is attached to their back. On command. Children run to their leopard and draw spots on it. After the game, the spots are counted. The team who draws the most spots wins.)

3h. Final

Our journey has now ended.

It's time to say goodbye to Africa and fill our suitcase with knowledge.

Reflection:

Tell us, what new and interesting things did you learn today? (Children answer and put chips in the suitcase)

Result:

Guys, it was very interesting for me to travel with you.

We will still learn a lot about Africa.

Publications on the topic:

Correctional and educational goals: – enrich vocabulary, develop speech, the ability to coherently and consistently compose a story based on.

Summary of educational activities for physical development in the junior group “The Jungle is Calling” Summary of direct educational activities in younger group Topic: “Physical development” Title: “The Jungle is calling” Age of pupils:.

Approximate basic general education program: Comprehensive program “From birth to school” edited by N. E. Veraksa, T. S. Komarova.

Goal: to strengthen the ability to retell work of art using the modeling method, teach children to answer in complete sentences.

Summary of the walk in the middle group “Journey to the autumn forest” Goal: development motor activity on a walk; consolidating children's knowledge about autumn changes in nature, developing observation skills.

You can spend a whole day in the untouched jungle and not see a single animal larger than a mouse. There really aren't many of them here. There are especially few large ones.

By weight, animals make up only 0.02 percent of the total forest biomass. This is 2-3 times less than the same ratio for the entire total biomass Earth. In absolute numbers, about 200 kilograms per hectare, and at least a third of the animals of the tropical forest (again by weight) live in the soil and litter.

But you need to keep in mind that hiding in the jungle is not at all difficult. There are so many suitable shelters for this! In addition, many animals lead a twilight or nocturnal lifestyle, showing their activity only in pitch darkness.

The story of the okapi illustrates how difficult it is to see jungle creatures. This huge animal, the closest relative of giraffes, with almost the same long legs and neck, which the natives of the virgin forest knew well, skillfully hid from the eyes of Europeans until 1901. Only thanks to the efforts of the pygmies, touched to the quick by distrust of their stories about amazing inhabitant thicket, the Royal Zoological Society in London received the skin and two skulls of the mysterious invisible creature. However, over the next 80 years, only a few jungle explorers were lucky enough to see okapi in the wild.

The life of any forest animal is necessarily connected with a tree. This connection is especially noticeable in the jungle. Almost all of their inhabitants live in trees - on trunks and in the crowns, in extreme cases they huddle near the roots in the forest floor and in the soil, but there are few who independently build burrows or constantly use them. Among land animals, only a few are unable to climb trees. Tropical wilds are the patrimony of the most skilled steeplejacks.

Large land animals, unable to climb to the upper floors, face two important issues: how to move in the chaos of the thickets and what to eat here. Large creatures require significant amounts of food, and there is little of it on the ground floor.

The problem of movement is even more complex. Of the large animals, it is best adapted to life in impenetrable jungle a living bulldozer is a huge forest elephant. Crushing everything in its path, a herd of giants is capable of tearing through any thickets, maneuvering among huge trunks, which serve as an insurmountable obstacle for them.

However, even elephants gravitate toward forest edges, clearings, and grass-covered meadow lowlands that are regularly flooded with water along the banks of forest rivers and streams. Like other jungle inhabitants, they need sunbathing, especially baby elephants, otherwise they may develop rickets.

There are few ungulates in rain forests. There are no animals here crowned with such spreading antlers as our European red deer and elk. With such a decoration on your head you won’t be able to get through the thicket. Mazama, or spoked-horned deer, living in the Central and South America, wear small straight horns on their heads. The American Pudu's horns are so small that they do not protrude from their thick fur. The deer themselves are also small. Height various types Mazama ranges from a large hare to a small fallow deer. The common Pudu is a dwarf, 30-35 centimeters high and weighing 7-10 kilograms.

Of the 14 species of African crested duiker, unique forest antelopes, 12 prefer to live in tropical rainforests. Their slightly backward-curved horns rise only slightly above the high tuft of thick fur growing between them. The small antelope has horns no more than 10 centimeters, and the very miniature dwarf antelope, barely reaching a quarter of a meter at the withers, has very tiny horns - only 1.5-2 centimeters.

Among the few exceptions are the horned antelopes. Bushbucks have spiral-shaped horns that can reach a length of 55 centimeters, and the larger bongo can reach a meter in length. But they are directed backwards and do not interfere with pushing through the thickets. Moreover, when running, antelopes throw their heads back. How often bongos have to do this is evidenced by the bald patches on the back behind the shoulder blades, rubbed by the horns.

Most of the ungulates of the dense tropical forest are pygmies compared to their relatives from other areas of the planet. The jungle is characterized by deer and antelope as tall as a small dog. The small kancil, a resident of the island jungles of Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java, is the size of a rabbit and runs on pencil-thin legs, and weighs 2-2.5 kilograms. It is nocturnal and appears timid and defenseless. At the slightest danger, the deer disappears into dense thickets, but if a predator overtakes it, it desperately bites, inflicting serious wounds on the enemy. Dwarfism is an adaptation to dense vegetation. It is characteristic of bulls, bears and other animals.

Red subspecies African buffalo, living in the jungle, can easily pass for the calf of its huge black brother living in the savannah. The baby's height is 100-130 centimeters, and he weighs four times less. Even smaller is the dwarf anoa buffalo from the forests of Sulawesi. His height is 60-100 centimeters. These bulls have short, backward-curving horns, while on the black African buffalo they form an intricate figure eight on the animal's head, and the distance between their tips can reach a meter. The same living conditions caused unidirectional adaptations: they were similarly reflected in the appearance of most jungle ungulates and required their miniaturization, which affected not only the body, but also the horns.

The same applies to bears. If you compare the sizes of animals living on open plains and in various forests, it is easy to notice that they gradually become smaller as the forests become denser. The polar polar bear weighs up to a ton. Almost as large is the subspecies of brown land bear from Kodiak Island, located off the coast of Alaska. In the forests of our country, brown bears rarely reach a weight of 750 kilograms; more often they are much smaller. Himalayan bear, more closely related to wood, cannot be heavier than 140-150 kilograms. The North American baribal, South Asian sloth bear and South American spectacled bear are slightly smaller. And the smallest Malayan bear, or biruang, is very tiny, weighing up to 65 kilograms! It lives in tropical rain forests and spends most of the day in trees. There it sleeps or feeds on leaves, fruits and all kinds of living creatures.

Among the ungulates of the tropical rainforest, tapirs are the most distinctive. These large creatures, weighing up to 300 kilograms, resemble pigs in their appearance, ideally suited for life in the bush. They have relatively short legs and an elongated body, so that the animals at the withers do not exceed 1 meter. The elongated muzzle and narrow-browed head allow tapirs to easily fit into any spaces between branches. A torpedo-shaped body with a narrow shoulder girdle, slightly widening towards the pelvic region, which is dressed in thick skin covered with short, smooth hair, allows one to squeeze through the thicket. Like elephants, tapirs gravitate to open clearings, mainly to the banks of water bodies. Animals like to spend hot time in water. In the territory occupied by tapirs, a system of paths and holes is created, which the animals use every day. However, if the owner of the site is attacked by a jaguar, the only predator dangerous to an adult animal, the tapir turns off the established path and dives into the thicket. Here the peace-loving animal receives some advantages, and this often saves his life.

Life is much more difficult in the okapi jungle. younger brother The long-necked giraffe is deprived of the ability to disappear into the thickets, like tapirs and small deer. Okapi are extremely attached to thickets, and prefer not to use wide country roads and open clearings. To pave the way in the wilds, they have only one device - a massive chest, hanging slightly over the front legs. This allows the animal to bring down the entire weight of its body on the obstacle, and the head raised high and pushed forward makes it possible to look behind the obstacle and assess how surmountable it is.

Pigs are well adapted to life in the jungle. The large forest pig, discovered only in 1904, lives in the mountain forests of Africa. This is the largest member of the pig family. More widespread are the brush-eared or river pigs - large, beautiful animals of a bright yellow color, with a white mane-strap on the back, with white sideburns and tufts on the ears. Unlike most forest ungulates, brush-eared pigs live in herds, sometimes up to 100 animals, but are so careful that it is difficult to meet them in the jungle.

The bearded pig, so named for the abundant thickets of light bristles covering its face, lives in the jungles of the Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan and small islands Indian Ocean. It is the size of a European wild boar and also lives in families and herds. On the island of Sulawesi lives the babirussa, an almost hairless pig of medium size, with two pairs of large tusks, curved back and intended only for decoration. The lower pair takes its place between the teeth of the lower jaw. The upper one does not grow from the mouth, but sticks out directly on the muzzle. In old males, their tips almost reach the forehead or bend 180 degrees and grow back into the skin of the snout. In the shape of the upper fangs there is a clear analogy with the horns of forest ungulates.

The body shape and mass of large pigs and tapirs turned out to be suitable for life in the jungle. Given their size, they do not yet get stuck in the tangles of vines, and their solid weight allows them to break through the thickets.

The dimensions of a dwarf hippopotamus are approximately the same. Pygmy again! His height at the withers does not exceed 80 centimeters. It is the size of a large pig, and weighs 10 times lighter than its large relative. The “baby” lives in the tropical forests of the Niger Delta. Adapting to life in the wilds, he not only changed his dimensions, but borrowed the most from the indigenous inhabitants of the forest. typical forms behavior. Animals do not gather in herds, but live alone or in pairs, are less connected to water and trample paths in coastal bushes.

Most arboreal rodents, in the process of adaptation, like other jungle mammals, turned into pygmies. Let's take protein as an example. In the mountain jungles of Panama, located on the slopes of the Chiriqui volcano, live bright red dwarf squirrels measuring about 15 centimeters in size. In the thickets of the Amazon basin live midge squirrels with a body length of 10-11, and in South Asia, on Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan and other Indo-Pacific islands, tiny squirrels are only 7-10 centimeters tall.

Some terrestrial rodents adapted to the wilds by increasing their size. It is in tropical rainforests that the largest representatives of this order live. There are very few of them. The largest is the capybara, or capybara. Externally the animals are exact copy guinea pigs, magnified 10 times. Males reach 1.5 meters in length and weigh 60-70 kilograms. The body is covered with long, thick brown bristles, which do a good job of protecting the skin from numerous thorns.

Capybaras do not like recluse, are very sociable and live in groups, sometimes quite large. The capybara has swimming membranes on its paws, between its toes, so it, like tapirs, swims and dives. It is not surprising that capybaras settle along the banks of rivers and other bodies of water. Capybaras like areas most coastal strip, covered with tall grass, which they feed on.

Two other giant rodents - paca and agouti - look like large rabbits, only their ears are short. They are much smaller than capybaras, but have similar habits to pei, swim well, and pacas can even dive. In case of danger, the animals rush to the water and plop down there with a terrible noise, which for the rest of the group serves as a signal of extreme danger.

These are the requirements in the jungle for the shape and size of animals that cannot climb trees. It doesn't pay to be too big or too small. For life in the wilds, a golden mean is good. Apparently, body size in the range from agouti (up to 50 centimeters long) to capybaras and large pigs does not yet impose serious restrictions on movement in the dense thickets of the rainforest, but sharply reduces the number natural enemies. After all, there is little here large predators, so capybaras, pigs and tapirs have almost no enemies. This is where dwarfism arose among traditionally large animals and gigantism among small fry.

There's nothing sweeter than good old stories about animals. But today I will not talk about pets, but about those that live in tropical forests. In the ecosystem tropical forests is home to a greater variety of animals than any other ecosystem. One of the reasons for such great diversity is the constantly warm climate. Rainforests also provide an almost constant supply of water and a wide variety of food for animals. So here are 10 amazing rainforest animals and some facts about their lives.

Toucans

Toucans can be found in South and Central America under the canopies of tropical forests. While sleeping, toucans turn their heads inside out and tuck their beaks under their wings and tail. Toucans are very important to rainforests because they help disperse seeds from the fruits and berries they eat. There are about 40 different species of toucans, but unfortunately, some species are endangered. The two main threats to the existence of toucans are extinction familiar environment habitat and increasing demand in the commercial pet market. They vary in size from approximately 15 centimeters to just over two meters. Large, colorful, light beaks are the hallmarks of toucans. These are noisy birds with their loud and creaky voices.

Flying dragons

Tree lizards, called flying dragons, actually glide from tree to tree on their flaps of skin that look like wings. On each side of the body, between the fore and hind limbs, there is a large flap of skin supported by expanded movable ribs. Usually these “wings” are folded along the body, but they can open so that the lizard can glide for many meters in an almost horizontal state. The flying dragon feeds on insects, particularly ants. To reproduce, a flying dragon descends to the ground and lays 1 to 4 eggs in the soil.

Bengal tigers

The Bengal tiger lives in the Sundarbans regions of India, Bangladesh, China, Siberia and Indonesia, and is seriously endangered. Today at wildlife about 4,000 individuals remain, down from more than 50,000 at the turn of the century in 1900. Poaching and habitat loss are the two main reasons for the decline in Bengal tigers. They were never able to adapt to harsh conditions, despite being a dominant species. Tigers, also known as Royal Bengal tiger, which is a subspecies of the tiger, can be found in the Indian subcontinent. The Bengal tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh and is considered the second largest tiger in the world.

South American harpies

One of the largest and most powerful of the fifty eagle species in the world, the South American harpy eagle lives in the tropical lowland forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico south to eastern Bolivia, and southern Brazil to northern Argentina. This is an endangered species. The main threat to its existence is the loss of habitat due to constant deforestation, destruction of nesting sites and hunting.

Tree frogs

These are frogs found in Central and South America. They are known for their bright colors, which warn other animals that they are poisonous. The frogs' venom is one of the most powerful poisons known and can cause paralysis or death. It is so powerful that one millionth of 30 grams of poison can kill a dog, and less than a crystal of salt can kill a person. One frog has a supply of poison sufficient to send up to 100 people to the next world. Local hunters used poison for their arrows, which is where the frog got its name in English Poison-Arrow Frog (poisoned arrow frog).

Sloths

Sloths are extremely slow-moving mammals that can be found in the tropical forests of Central and South America. There are two types of sloths: two-toed and three-toed. Most sloths are the size of a small dog. They have short, flat heads. Their fur is grey-brown, but sometimes they appear grey-green because they move so slowly that tiny camouflage plants have time to grow all over their fur. Sloths are nocturnal and sleep curled up with their heads between their arms and legs turned close together.

Spider monkeys

Spider monkeys have large sizes. Adult monkey can grow almost 60 centimeters tall, not counting the tail. The tail is very powerful. Monkeys use it as an extra limb. Spider monkeys like to hang upside down, clinging to branches with their tail and legs, making them look like spiders, which is where they get their name. These monkeys can also jump from branch to branch at high speed. Their coat color can be black, brown, gold, red or bronze. Spider monkeys are the object of close attention among hunters, which is why they are on the verge of extinction. This photo is probably your only chance to ever see this monkey. Not to mention our species...

Wine snakes

Just about a centimeter in diameter, vine snakes are a surprisingly “slender”, elongated species. If a snake lies among the branches forest trees, its proportions and green-brown color make it almost indistinguishable from dense vines and vines. The head of a snake is just as thin and oblong. A slow-moving predator, active during the day and at night, the wine snake feeds mainly on young birds, which it steals from nests, and on lizards. If the snake is threatened, it inflates the front of its body, revealing the bright coloring that would normally be hidden, and opens its mouth wide.

Capybaras

The capybara spends a lot of time in the water and is an excellent swimmer and diver. She has webbed toes on her front and back paws. When she swims, only her eyes, ears and nostrils are visible above the water. Capybaras eat plant matter, including aquatic plants, and their molars grow throughout their lives to counteract wear and tear from chewing. Capybaras live in families and are active at dawn and dusk. In areas where they are frequently disturbed, capybaras can be nocturnal. Males and females look the same, but males have a gland on their nose that is larger than females. They mate in the spring, and after 15-18 weeks of pregnancy there may be 2 babies in the litter. Babies are well developed at birth.

Brazilian tapirs

Brazilian tapirs can almost always be found near bodies of water. These animals are good swimmers and divers, but they also move quickly on land, even over rough and mountainous terrain. Tapirs are dark brown in color. Their fur is short, and a mane grows from the back of the neck down. Thanks to its movable snout, the tapir feeds on leaves, buds, shoots and small branches that the tapir plucks from trees, as well as fruits, herbs and aquatic plants. The female gives birth to a single spotted-striped baby after a pregnancy that lasts from 390 to 400 days.

The rainforest is very rich in animals. There are many different types of monkeys living in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. In their structure they differ from the Old World monkeys living in Africa and India. Old World monkeys are called narrow-nosed monkeys, American monkeys are called broad-nosed monkeys. A long, prehensile tail helps monkeys climb trees deftly. The spider monkey has a particularly long and prehensile tail. Another monkey, a howler monkey, wraps its tail around a branch and holds it like a hand. The howler was named for its powerful, unpleasant voice.

Most strong predator tropical forest - jaguar. This is a large yellow cat with black spots on its skin. She is good at climbing trees.

America's other big cat is the puma. It is distributed in North America to Canada, in South America it is found in the steppes to Patagonia. The puma is yellowish-gray in color and somewhat resembles a lion (without the mane); This is probably why it is called the American lion.

Near ponds in the thicket of the forest you can meet an animal that resembles a little horse and even more like a rhinoceros. The animal reaches 2 m in length. His muzzle is elongated, as if extended into a trunk. This is an American tapir. He, like a pig, loves to wallow in puddles.

Along the lakes in the reed thickets on the plains of Patagonia and on the mountain slopes of the Andes lives nutria - the swamp beaver, or coipu - a large rodent the size of ours. river beaver. Nutria's life is associated with water. Nutria feeds on the roots of succulent aquatic plants and makes nests from reeds and reeds. The animal produces valuable fur. The nutria were transported to the Soviet Union and released in the swampy thickets of Transcaucasia. They have acclimatized and are reproducing well. However, they suffer greatly during the cold winters that occur in Azerbaijan and Armenia, when the lakes freeze.

Unadapted to life in freezing bodies of water, nutria, having dived under the ice, do not find a way back. At the same time, their habitats become accessible to jungle cats and jackals, which walk across the ice to the nutria nests.

Armadillos, sloths and anteaters live in the forests of South America.

The armadillo's body is covered with a shell that slightly resembles a turtle's shield. The shell consists of two layers: inside it is bone, outside it is horny - and is divided into belts, movably connected to each other. A giant armadillo lives in Guiana and Brazil. The largest of the armadillos reach one and a half meters in length. Armadillos live in deep burrows and only come out at night to hunt for prey. They feed on termites, ants and various small animals.

Sloths have a monkey-like face. The long limbs of these animals are armed with large sickle-shaped claws. They received their name for their slowness and clumsiness. The dull greenish-gray protective coloring of the sloth reliably hides it from the eyes of the enemy in the branches of trees. The coloring of the sloth is given by green algae that live in its rough and shaggy fur. This is one of wonderful examples cohabitation of animal and plant organisms.

Several species of anteaters are found in the forests of South America. The average anteater is very interesting - the tamandua, with a prehensile tail. It runs superbly along inclined trunks and climbs trees, looking for ants and other insects.

Marsupials in the forests of Brazil are represented by long-eared and water possums. The water possum, or swimmer, lives near rivers and lakes. It differs from the long-eared one in its color and membranes on its hind legs.

South America is home to many bats various types. Among them are blood-sucking leaf-nosed insects that attack horses and mules, and vampires.

Despite their ominous name, vampires feed exclusively on insects and plant fruits.

Of the birds, the hoatzin is of great interest. This is a variegated, rather large bird with a large crest on its head. The hoatzin's nest is placed above the water, in the branches of trees or thickets of bushes. The chicks are not afraid of falling into the water: they swim and dive well. Hoatzin chicks have long claws on the first and second fingers of the wing, which help them climb branches and twigs. It is curious that the adult hoatzin loses the ability fast movement through the trees.

Studying the structure and lifestyle of hoatzin chicks, scientists came to the conclusion that the ancestors of birds also climbed trees. After all, the fossil first bird (Archaeopteryx) had long fingers with claws on the wings.

There are more than 160 species of parrots in the tropical forests of South America. The most famous are the green Amazon parrots. They learn to speak well.

Only in one country - in America - live the smallest birds - hummingbirds. These are unusually brightly and beautifully colored fast-flying birds, some of them the size of a bumblebee. There are over 450 species of hummingbirds. They, like insects, hover around flowers, sucking out flower juice with their thin beak and tongue. In addition, hummingbirds also feed on small insects.

There are many different snakes and lizards in tropical forests. Among them are boa constrictors, or boa, anaconda, reaching 11 m in length, and bushmaster - 4 m in length. Many snakes, due to the protective coloring of their skin, are little noticeable among forest greenery.

There are especially many lizards in the tropical rainforest. Large broad-toed geckos sit in the trees. Among other species of lizards, the most interesting is the iguana, which lives both in trees and on the ground. This lizard has a very beautiful emerald green color. She eats plant foods.

Lives in the forests of Brazil and Guiana big frog - Surinamese pipa. It is interesting in its special way of reproduction. The eggs laid by the female are distributed by the male on the female's back. Each egg is placed in a separate cell. Subsequently, the skin grows and the cells close. The baby frogs develop on the female's back; when they grow up, they come out of their cells. Nutrients, necessary for frogs during development, are transmitted from the mother’s body by blood vessels that branch in the walls of skin cells.

Found in rivers of tropical America big fish - electric eel having special electrical organs. With electric shocks, the eel stuns prey and scares away its enemies.

In many rivers of South America lives unusually predatory fish- piranha, 30 cm long. Her strong jaws contain teeth as sharp as knives. If you drop a piece of meat into the river, piranhas immediately appear from the depths and instantly tear it apart. Piranhas feed on fish and attack ducks and domestic animals that carelessly enter the river. Even such people suffer from piranha large animals like tapirs. Pisces damage lips drinking water animals. Piranhas are also dangerous to people.

The tropical forests contain a diverse world of insects. Very large diurnal butterflies are numerous. They are very beautifully and richly colored, varied in shape and size. There are over 700 species in Brazil day butterflies, and in Europe there are no more than 150 species.

Ants are very numerous. Penetrating into a person’s home, they eat his reserves and thereby cause significant harm. Umbrella ants live in underground galleries. They feed their larvae with fungal mold, which they grow on finely chopped leaves. Ants bring pieces of leaves to the anthill, moving along strictly constant paths.

IN tropical zone South America has a lot of spiders. Among them, the largest is the tarantula spider. Its size is more than 5 cm. Its food is lizards, frogs, and insects; Apparently, it also attacks small birds. The same large earthen spiders are found in New Guinea and Java.

In the tropical forests of Africa live elephants, various monkeys, okapi - an animal related to giraffe; in the rivers - hippopotamuses and crocodiles. The most interesting are the great apes - gorillas and chimpanzees. The gorilla is a very large monkey, the height of males reaches 2 m, weight - 200 kg. They live in the most remote parts of the tropical forest and in the mountains, inaccessible to humans. Gorillas make their dens in trees or on the ground in dense bushes. Gorillas have been severely exterminated by humans and are now preserved only in two areas of tropical forests in Africa - south of Cameroon to the river. Congo and the country of lakes Victoria and Tanganyika.

Chimpanzees are smaller than gorilla. An adult male is no higher than 1.5 m. They live in families, but sometimes gather in small herds. Descending from the trees, chimpanzees walk on the ground, leaning on their hands clenched into fists.

There are many species of monkeys in the tropical forests of Africa. These long-tailed small monkeys have greenish fur. Interesting are the toeless monkeys (Colobus), which lack thumb in your arms. The most beautiful of these monkeys is Gveretsa. She lives in Ethiopia and in the forests to the west of this country. Macaques, related African monkeys, live in tropical Asia.

Dog-headed monkeys - baboons - are very characteristic of the African continent. They live in the mountains of Africa.

The fauna of Madagascar has some peculiarities. For example, lemurs live on this island. Their body is covered with thick fur. Some have bushy tails. The faces of lemurs are more animal than monkey-like; That's why they are called prosimians.

There are many different species of parrots in the African rainforests. The most famous is the gray parrot, the gray parrot, which imitates the human voice very well.

In some places in large quantities crocodiles have been preserved. They especially love rivers whose banks are covered with dense tropical forest. The Nile crocodile reaches 7 m in length.

The forests of Africa are home to large, up to 6 m long, boa constrictors - pythons.

Among the fish, the lungfish Protopterus, which inhabits muddy lakes and swamps, attracts attention. These fish, in addition to gills, have lungs with which they breathe during drought. The lungfish Lepidosirenes lives in South America, and the ceratodes lives in Australia.

In the humid dense forests of the islands of Sumatra and Borneo (Kalimantan) lives the great ape orangutan. This is a large monkey, covered with coarse red fur. Adult males grow a large beard.

Close to great apes The gibbon is smaller in size than the orangutan, its body length is 1 m. The gibbon is distinguished by long limbs; with their help, swinging on the branches, he very easily jumps from tree to tree. Gibbons live on the island of Sumatra, on the Malay Peninsula and in the mountain forests of Burma.

A variety of macaques live in the forests of the Greater Sunda Islands - Sumatra and Borneo - and in Eastern India. The long-nosed monkey lives on the island of Borneo. Her nose is long, almost trunk-shaped. Old animals, especially males, have significantly longer noses than young monkeys.

In the forests of India and nearby big islands often occurs Indian elephant. Since ancient times, it has been tamed by humans and used in various jobs.

The common Indian rhinoceros is well known - the largest one-horned rhinoceros.

A relative of American tapirs lives in Asia - black-backed tapir. It reaches 2 m in height. His back is light, and other parts of his body are covered with short black hair.

Among the predators of southern Asia, the most famous is the Bengal tiger. Most tigers are preserved in India, Indochina, on the islands of Sumatra and Java.

The tiger is a crepuscular animal; he hunts large ungulates. A tiger, if wounded by an unsuccessful shot from a hunter, sick or an elder, or generally for any reason has lost the ability to hunt ungulates, which constitute its main food, attacks people and becomes a “man-eater.”

We have tigers in Transcaucasia, Central Asia, Primorye and in the south of the Ussuri region.

The leopard is distributed in southern Asia, in the forests of the Greater Sunda Islands and in Japan. It is found in the Caucasus, in the mountains of Central Asia and Primorye. We call him a leopard. Leopard attacks domestic animals; he is cunning, brave, and dangerous to humans. Black leopards are often found on the Greater Sunda Islands; they are called black panthers.

The sloth bear and the Malayan bear, the biruang, live in South Asia. The sloth fish is a large, heavy animal, armed with long claws that allow it to climb trees well. Its fur is black and has a large white spot on its chest. Its large lips are movable, they can stretch into a tube, and with its long tongue the bear takes insects out of the crevices of trees. The sloth fish lives in tropical forests on the Indian subcontinent and on the island of Ceylon. It feeds on plants, fruits, berries, insects, bird eggs and small animals.

The Malayan bear has short, black fur. It spends most of its life in trees, feeding on fruits and insects.

There are many birds in tropical Asia. One of the most beautiful is considered to be the peacock, living in the wild in Java, Ceylon and Indochina.

In the forests of the Sunda Islands, Ceylon and India live bank or bush chickens - wild ancestors domestic chickens, many types of pheasants and other chickens.

The waters of South Asia are inhabited by long-snouted crocodiles - gharials. They live in the river. Ganges.

On the Malay Peninsula there is a reticulated python snake, reaching 10 m in length.

There are many in the forests of India poisonous snakes, from whose bites the large number people. The most dangerous cobra, or spectacled snake. It gets its name from the spots behind its head that look like glasses.

The tropics are inhabited by many amphibians, or amphibians. Among them is the Javan flying frog. Strongly developed membranes between the toes of the front and hind paws allow it, while gliding, to jump from one tree to another.

Having become familiar with the distribution of animals on the globe, it is easy to notice that similar animals live on different continents under similar living conditions. Some species have adapted to life in the tundra, others in steppes and deserts, and others in mountains and forests. Each continent has its own fauna - species of animals that live only on this continent. The animal world of Australia is especially unique in this regard, which we will consider below.

By studying the Earth's past through the fossil remains of animals that once inhabited continents and islands, scientists came to the conclusion that the composition of the fauna, that is, the animal world, was continuously changing in all geological eras. Connections arose between continents; for example, between Asia and North America there was a connection. Animals that inhabited Asia could penetrate into America; Therefore, in the fauna of America and Asia we still see a lot of similarities. The geological history of the Earth helps to clarify some features in the distribution of animals across the continents. Thus, the remains of marsupials are found in the ancient layers of the earth of Europe and America. Nowadays, these marsupials live only in Australia and only a few species in America. Consequently, marsupials were previously much more widespread on the globe. This confirms the opinion of geologists about the connection that existed between these continents.

Having studied the composition of the animal world of individual continents and islands, scientists divided globe into areas characterized by animal species found only in that area.

The main regions are: Australian, Neotropical (South and Central America), Ethiopian (Africa), Eastern or Indo-Malayan, Holarctic ( North Asia, Europe and North America).

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They live in the jungle:

Monkeys.
Gorillas.
Papuans.
Indians.
Snakes.
Spiders.
Poisonous insects.
Termites.
Boa.
Sloths.
Parrot.
Jaguar.
Tiger.
Monkeys.
Mowgli.
Panther.
Banderlog.
Ants.
Bees.
Wild pigs.

Correct answers to the game 100 to 1 to the question Who lives in ...?:
The most popular answer lives in the jungle - Mowgli- seventy-two points;
In second place, the correct answer lives in the jungle - monkey- forty-two points;
In third place the correct answer is - Tarzan- thirty-four points;
In fourth place the answer lives in the jungle - lion- fourteen points;4
In fifth place the answer is - tiger- sixteen points;
In sixth place the correct answer is - elephant lives in the jungle - eight points.
I just want to shout out words Russian President- Banderlog!
But it would be correct:
MOWGL
Living in the forests with the Mowgles are:
MONKEYS
And of course there is:
TARZAN
In addition to these representatives of our fauna, they chew in the forest:
SNAKES
Of all the monkeys the most:
MACACA
And how can the forest manage without:
TIGER
But there’s probably a mistake here, how can this live in the jungle:
ELEPHANT
And the very last inhabitant of the jungle:
PARROT
Game 100 to 1.
Who can live in the jungle? Probably Papuans can definitely live there.
Animals such as tigers, monkeys, snakes, and various insects can also live there.

Indians can probably live in the jungle too. A city dweller will definitely not be able to live in the jungle.
An excellent question from the famous and popular game 100 to 1 and we must answer the question of who can live in the jungle. And most likely every player knows this answer. Because we studied and studied this in geography. And of course there are many people who live in the jungle various animals.
And in order to pass the level we must answer as follows:
Mowgli is a famous character from a fairy tale.
Monkey - many species live there
Tarzan - he lived there and jumped on the vines
Lion is the king of jungle beasts
The tiger is a very beautiful animal from there
The elephant is a powerful animal and lives it in the jungle.
Answer like this and collect your reward points at this level in the game, good luck.
And what difference does it actually make whether he lives or inhabits? People usually answer, everything is the same, what they have is associated with creatures that can be found in the jungle. This:
- Monkeys.
- Parrots.
- Crocodiles.
- Hippos.
- Elephants.
- Tigers.
- Snakes.
Tarzan lives in the jungle.
Mowgli lives in the jungle.
Monkeys live in the jungle.
Porcupines live in the jungle.
Tigers live in the jungle.
Lemurs live in the jungle.
Crocodiles live in the jungle;
Elephants live in the jungle.
1) Monkeys
4)insects
Answer the question Who lives in the jungle? V the most popular game 100 to 1 people offered the following options:
2.Monkeys
8.Parrot
Good luck in this game!
Mowgli lives in the jungle. Monkeys can live in the jungle. Tarzan might live there. It is possible that there are snakes in the jungle. You can also note the option about macaques. The tiger lives in the jungle. Other options in the game: elephant and parrot.
The first thing that comes to mind is the wonderful comedy Hello, I'm your aunt, in which they discussed the jungle of Brazil, where many, many wild monkeys live.
But among the most popular answers, monkeys were only in second place:
monkeys
To answer this question correctly and be a winner in the game 100 to 1, you need to offer the following options as answers:
monkeys;
These are the species that are found most often in the jungle, according to respondents.
In a 100 to 1 game, when answering the question of who lives in the jungle, you should give the following versions of the answers:
- 40 points - Mowgli(the hero of Kipling’s book and many cartoons based on this book),
- 80 points - monkeys,
- 120 points - Tarzan,
- 160 points - snakes,
- 200 points - macaques,
- 240 points - tiger,
- 280 points - elephant,
- 320 points - parrot.
I would answer that Papuans, parrots, blacks, tarantulas, all sorts of sores, Chinese, monkeys, dragons live in the jungle :-), and the correct answers.