Rainforests are chalked full of life and are found around the world, on every continent but Antarctica. Not only do rainforests provide homes for tons of plants and animals they are also an important source of fresh water. One-fifth of the world’s fresh water is found in the Amazon Basin.
http://www.nature.org/rainforests/explore/facts.html
The Pebble toad (Oreophrynella nigra) of Venezuela moves slowly, getting around by walking rather than hopping. They live in areas where there is a bit of small vegetation poking out of otherwise bare rock faces. They eat all kinds of different insects and are either dark brown or black in colour. What makes this species stand out the most though, is their incredible survival strategy. When facing a predator the Pebble toad will curl into a ball and roll away, tumbling over rocks to escape.
http://eol.org/pages/1039190/details
You may want to grab some ear plugs, at a distance of 50 cm the African Cicada Brevisana brevis can produce a noise that is almost as loud as a road side drill, at around 107 decibels. This recorded noisiness earned this African Cicada the record of being the world’s loudest insect!
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/ufbir/chapters/chapter_24.shtml
The world’s smallest frog, called (Microhyla nepenthicola), has been found in Borneo and, as you can tell from the picture, scientists would have had to squint to find them. The discovery of these little guys was made by Indraneil Das and Alexander Haas, they are also part of a project to find lost amphibians across the world. To learn more about the global search for frogs, click here.
Doing the same thing for a long time can be tricky, like standing on one foot, or jumping and definitely flying. The Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) is the record breaker for this, flying a non-stop eight day migration from Alaska to New Zealand covering an astounding 11,000 kilometers.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100609102052.htm
The Bumblebee Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) is reputedly the world’s smallest bat and mammal. Weighing around two grams, this tiny bat easily buzzes its way through Thailand’s forests in search of flying insects to prey on.
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