why is jaguar important to the rainforest?
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Keeps the population of other species in check.
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I hope these helps you:\n\nAfrica Forest Elephant \nBengal Tiger \nChimpanzee \nCommon Palm Civet or Musang \nDawn Bat \nGolden Lion Tamarin \nHarpy Eagle \nJambu Fruit Dove \nKing Cobra \nKinkajou \nLinn's Sloth \nOrangutan \nProboscis Monkey \nRed-shanked Douc Langur \nSilvery Gibbon \nSlender Loris \nSumatran Rhinoceros \nToco Toucan \nVampire Bat \nWagler's Pit Viper
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It could be a stretch of savannah, known in Brazil as "cerrado". \n\nThe Amazon forest that far north presents a few regions where climate and soil conditions differ from the usual Amazon, giving way for vegetation usually associated with the dry weather from the central part of Brazil: shrubs, small trees, grass.\n\nThose pockets of cerrado in the north are even explored in the same way as their southern counterpart: cultivation of soy and coffee.
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Depends on what you mean by "importance."  They are early colonizers because they are spore dispersed.  Many animals eat them (thought usually not as a favored food).  \n\nInterestingly, during the carboniferous, they were trees, 20m tall and helped form most of our coal deposits.
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what about the forest conservation?\nproducts of? what livers there? give us a hint
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There are many reasons that zoos are a valuable resource, not just for human entertainment (which is a really huge benefit actually, people who have seen and interacted with a creature like an anteater in a zoo are much more likely to be concerned about their fate in the wild), but also for zoological research and conservation purposes such as captive breeding and maintaining genetic diversity in populations.\n\nSome zoo animals do end up pacing as a compulsive behaviour, and it can be a simple of depression or nervous disorder.  This is commonly seen in bears, and some cats.\n\nIn other species, the pacing may not represent boredom or mental distress, and may just be a feature of an animal's normal behaviour.  In the wild, a giant anteater may roam many dozens of miles a day in search of food.  Pacing back and forth may just be an approximation of its normal habits, as if it was wandering the pampas looking for termite mounds.  Only in the zoo, food is guaranteed, so the anteater is not in danger of immediate starvation if it doesn't find a nest.  The pacing may just be a behaviour it continues because it feels natural to the animal, like a cat chasing a string, or a dog turning around before it lies down.\n\nThe ideal solution would be to provide a habitat as close to the animal's home habitat as possible, with the same plant and animal species it would normally encounter, and thousands of miles of open space for it to roam.  We call these habitats national parks, and sadly the demands of human agriculture and urban development have meant that we cannot provide adequate habitat like this for all species, so the zoos do the best they can to recreate a liveable environ for the animal.
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Which Tropical Rainforest?  There is more than 1 you know.
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A forest is a large area of trees.\n\n- It provides a habitat for a large range of flora and fauna.\n- The wood in forests can be used by people for building etc.\n- The photosynthesis (http://www.scienceaid.co.uk/plantnutrition.html ) of plants provides vital oxygen for our planet by converting carbon dioxide to oxygen.  Therefore more forests would reduce global warming.
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Even if they did crossbreed and produced offspring that were black, it wouldn't be able to get fixed into the population and produce more black cats since the hybrids would probably be sterile. There would have to be a constant cycle of leopards/jaguars (cougars have so far only been crossed with leopards) escaping, carrying the mutant gene, finding and breeding with a cougar, and then producing black instead of lightly spotted cubs.   I disagree that it is impossible for cougars to be melanistic. Melanism is most common in jungle dwelling cats (it may provide better camouflage and not get weeded out), but individuals of other species such as bobcats have been found melanistic or partially melanistic.  I do agree, though, that if we do find our first melanistic specimen of cougar it won't be in a scenario like this. The Florida panther population is pretty small and probably well studied. If a melanistic panther cub survived to adulthood it would probably be more likely to be found then if it turned up in another cougar population.
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"Diversity of Species" is one way nature protects itself from complete extinction.  In a complex environment, there are multiple paths to survival.  So species have evolved that suit each of these paths.  It only makes sense that species that are not a threat to one another would coexist in such a place.  It also makes senses that predators and prey would reach a natural balance (ie it only works if there are more gazelles than lions).  If a disease comes through that wipes out the gazelles, then the lions will all starve.  But life will go on because there are sloths and toads and ants and ballywoates (okay, I made that up) and fish and insects and so on....\n\nhope that helps.\n\nI'm just gald there's apparently a young person out there who still believes there is a diversity of species!
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because if we use up and burn up all that carbon (wood), it will further global warming.\n\nbecause our atmosphere needs the oxygen it produces. and trees fight air pollution.\n\nbecause the people who live there depend upon the forest for their livelihoods.\n\nbecause it has more intrinsic value if it is there instead of a clearcut.\n\nbecause there are many plants in the forest that can be used to make drugs to cure diseases, like a cure for cancer.\n\nbecause without the ecosystem, all kinds of animals and plants will go extinct. \n\nbecause it is morally wrong.
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Uh...people already live in the rain forest.  Have forever and a day.  You have to be a hunter gatherer type.  You would spend a decent amount of time just acquiring food, water and shelter.  Unless you start cutting them down and putting in farmland.
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It depends on the place of the planet where the tropical rain forest is located.  I am from Tortuguero, Costa Rica, and the biggest plants on that tropical rain forest are Almendros, Caobas and Cedros beside a lot of differents ones that nobody knows the names.  In English?? I dont know...
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It is called a rain forest because at the end of the day you will find that it will always rain. The sun heats the earth and warms the air above it. As it rises it cools and forms clouds. By the time this has happened it is the end of the day and it starts to pour down. The sun only heats the earth to a temperature high enough near the equator because that part is nearest the sun. You won't find this happening anywhere else except the equator and so you don't find tropical rainforests anywhere esle.
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Tigers, they are so beautiful and unique.  Graceful yet powerful.  It really takes my breath away when I see one even if it's just on the TV.  They are endangered too and it's my dream to someday work with one of their conservation programmes.
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It provides as the natural habitat for a lotof animals and they help with the floods since they sip it up faster. The more denser the forest the better. It gives researchers more things to discover about plants and animals.
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The forests and woods of Argentina are the habitats which are home to the greatest variety of native plants and animals. There are hundreds of species of mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and toads, thousands of invertebrates and plants which deserve conservation for their beauty and the role they play in the ecosystems. Woodland and forests can also provide valuable woods, flowers for export, food, exotic jams, medicines…\n\n\n\nIn the north the fauna is most various and extensive. The mammals in these regions include several species of monkeys, jaguars, pumas, ocelots, anteaters, and raccoons. Indigenous birds include the flamingo and various hummingbirds and parrots. In the Pampas are armadillos, foxes, martens, wildcats, hare, deer, hawks, falcons, herons, plovers, and partridges; some of these animals are also found in Patagonia. The cold Andean regions are the habitat of llamas, guanacos, alpacas, and condors. Fish abound in coastal waters, lakes, and streams.\n\nThe indigenous vegetation of Argentina varies greatly with the different climate and topographical regions of the country. The warm and moist northeastern area supports tropical plants, including such trees as the palm, rosewood, lignum vitae, jacaranda, and red quebracho (a source of tannin). Grasses are the principal variety of indigenous vegetation in the Pampas. Trees, excluding such imported drought-resistant varieties as the eucalyptus, sycamore, and acacia, are practically nonexistent in this region and in most of Patagonia. The chief types of vegetation in Patagonia are herbs, shrubs, grasses, and brambles.\n\nThe Andean foothills of Patagonia and parts of Tierra del Fuego, however, possess flourishing growths of conifers, notably fir, cypress, pine, and cedar. Cacti and other thorny plants predominate in the arid Andean regions of northwestern Argentina. In the north the fauna is most diverse and abundant. The mammals in these regions include the monkey (several species), jaguar, puma, ocelot, anteater, tapir, peccary, and raccoon.\n\nIndigenous birds include the flamingo and various hummingbirds and parrots. In the Pampas are the armadillo, fox, marten, wildcat, hare, deer, American ostrich or rhea, hawk, falcon, heron, plover, and partridge; some of these animals are also found in Patagonia. The cold Andean regions are the habitat of the llama, guanaco, alpaca, and condor. Fish abound in coastal waters, lakes, and streams.\n\nThe Cardón, or giant cactus\n\n\nBefore the Spanish conquest, the native people of Jujuy referred to themselves as Omaguaca. They cultivated corn, potatoes and quinoa, using a system of irrigation for their fields. They lived in small hamlets next to their fields, and built forts to protect themselves from siege. Their homes were made of stone and adobe; the roofs were made from the wood of the giant cactus, covered with a mixture of mud and hay, a system still used today in some areas. In each town were mounds of stones traditionally offered to the Pachamama, or earth mother; she is still a common symbol in the province. Throughout the region are the cardones (giant cactus). Popular lore venerates the cactus as representing their forefathers.