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Wet, Hot and Tall

Rainforests: Why do rainforests have so many animals?

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A rainforest is a forest. A lot of rain falls there.

It is hot there all year.

Some trees there are 60 meters tall. That is 200 feet.

The biggest rainforest with no gaps is in South America.

A sloth lives high in the trees.

A sloth is very slow.

This frog is small and bright.

An orangutan will build a nest to sleep in.

Words to know

  • rainforest: wet forest
  • sloth: a slow animal
  • orangutan: a rainforest ape
  • nest: sleeping place

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