Download Rainforest Food Web Script

Rainforest Food Web Script All life on Earth begins with the Sun. The sun gives the whole Earth energy. How does it do this? It
gives the plants energy they use to make food. Plants soak up energy from the sun and use it along
with nutrients from the soil to make its own food. One plant in the rainforest is the Ceiba Tree. Then, animals eat the leaves of the Ceiba Tree. One animal is an insect called the Leafcutter Ant. Next, another animal eats the leafcutter ant, such as a poison dart frog. After that, something eats the poison dart frog. It could be an Anaconda! The anaconda has no
natural predators. However, when the anaconda grows old and dies, his body decays and rots on the
forest floor and provide nutrients to help more plants grow. One such plant is the Guava Tree. The Guava Tree has leaves and fruit. The Blue Morpho Butterfly eats the leaves of the Guava Tree. The quetzal is a colorful rainforest bird that eats insects and fruit so it eats the fruit of the tree and the
Blue Morpho Butterfly. The quetzal is hunted and eaten by the kinkajou which is a smaller mammal that will eat almost
anything. But the kinkajou has a predator too! The ocelot which is a great hunting cat, eats the kinkajou. The
ocelot has no natural predators. But, when it grows old and dies, its body rots and decays and
becomes nutrients for the soil which helps other plants to grow. A plant such as the Kapok Tree. An animal that eats the leaves of the Kapok tree is the loudest animal on land- the Howler Monkey. And the Howler monkey is eaten by large birds of prey such as the Harpy Eagle. The Harpy Eagle is
the top of this food chain and has no natural predators. But when it dies, its body rots and decays
and become nutrients for the soil to help plants grow. A plant like the cecropia tree. The two-toed sloth eats the leaves of the ceropia tree, when he is not sleeping, since he sleeps near
20 hours every day. But the two toed sloth better watch out! Because jaguars eat sloths. And the cycle of life and death, and predator and prey continue in the rainforest, bringing balance for
the animals and plants in a delicate eco-system where the animals and plants need each other to
survive and everything living needs the sun. Copyright Kristen J. Kelly 2012