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The Rainforest Animal Game
The Animal Game is a popular outdoors game, which teaches children about the food chain. This variant
is rainforest themed; all the animals are inhabitants of the expansive rainforests in Guyana.
Equipment:
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Large playing field
‘Life’ tags: 9 for herbivores, 3 for carnivores (best if held on a ring)
Coloured headbands or armbands
Ink pad and stamps/punches/stickers for water, food, shelter
Cardboard survival card for each player, big enough for all stamps/punches
Rules:
1. Hidden stations are set up, containing stamps/punches for water, food and shelter.
2. Each player is assigned a role in the ecosystem: herbivore, carnivore and disaster. To distinguish
between each branch, headbands/armbands of different colours can be distributed. There should
be about 70% herbivores, 30% carnivores, with only 1 or 2 disasters.
3. The herbivore’s goal is to collect all the stamps/punches representing food, water and shelter.
They can be eaten by carnivores, and killed by the disaster if they are tagged. If they are tagged,
they lose a ‘life’, and if they completely run out of ‘lives’ they are out of the game.
4. The carnivore’s goal is to collect as many ‘lives’ as possible by tagging (eating) herbivores. They
can be killed by the disaster if they are tagged. If they are tagged, they lose a ‘life’, and if they
completely run out of ‘lives’ they are out of the game.
5. The disaster’s goal is to collect as many lives as possible by tagging (eating) herbivores and
carnivores. They cannot be taken out of the game.
6. The herbivores are let loose first, the carnivores after 5 minutes and the disaster after 10 minutes.
7. When a player has been caught by its predator, the predator must wait 30 seconds before he may
catch the same or another prey.
8. The game ends when all the lives have been exhausted, or after a set period of time.
Girl Guides of Canada - Alberta Council - Twinning 2020
To Use This Document:
This document contains two supplements to the animal game described in the Guyana Instant Meeting:
a set of printable ‘life’ tags (pages 11-16) and a booklet of pictures of all the animals used in the game
(pages 3-10). It is set up to be printed double-sided: in Adobe Reader select File  Print and in the
bottom left select “Print on both sides of paper”.
To assemble the ‘life’ tags:
1. Print pages 11-16 double sided. This should result in
3 pages: 2 pages of 26 herbivores with 5 lives each
(green), and 1 page of 5 carnivores with 2 lives each
(red) and 6 natural disasters (black).
2. Cut out the ‘life’ tags along the lines; remember to
keep the tags separated by animal.
3. Cut out cardboard survival cards for each herbivore.
4. Punch holes in the lower left corner of the tags.
Note: Note necessary for disasters.
5. String together one animal on a fastener of some kind
(eg. Paperclip, key ring, twist tie). For herbivores this
should include 5 ‘life’ tags and 1 survival card. For
carnivores it should include 2 lives.
To assemble the booklet:
1. Print pages 3-10 double sided. This should result in 4 pages: 3 pages of 26 herbivores, and 1 page
of 5 carnivores.
2. Staple the pages together or put into a binder.
HERBIVORES
FRUIT BAT
LORIKEET
MACAW
LEAF KATYDID
HOATZIN
SWALLOWTAILS
OWL-BUTTERFLY
CAPUCHIN
SQUIRREL MONKEY
EMPEROR TAMARIN
BRAZILIAN PORCUPINE
TAPETI
THREE-TOED SLOTH
GUINEA PIG
AGOUTI
TUCO-TUCO
PACA
GUIANAN MOUSE
MOUSE POSSUM
GUIANAN SQUIRREL
WHITE-TAILED DEER
TAPIR
CAPYBARA
BROCKET
PECCARY
COYPU
CARNIVORES
OCELOT
BUSH DOG
COATI
JAGUAR
KINKAJOU
CAPYBARA
CAPYBARA
CAPYBARA
CAPYBARA
CAPYBARA
SQUIRREL
MONKEY
SQUIRREL
MONKEY
SQUIRREL
MONKEY
SQUIRREL
MONKEY
SQUIRREL
MONKEY
CAPUCHIN
CAPUCHIN
CAPUCHIN
CAPUCHIN
CAPUCHIN
EMPEROR
TAMARIN
EMPEROR
TAMARIN
EMPEROR
TAMARIN
EMPEROR
TAMARIN
EMPEROR
TAMARIN
FOREST RABBIT
TAPETI
TAPETI
TAPETI
TAPETI
THREE-TOED
SLOTH
THREE-TOED
SLOTH
THREE-TOED
SLOTH
THREE-TOED
SLOTH
THREE-TOED
SLOTH
GUINEA PIG
GUINEA PIG
GUINEA PIG
GUINEA PIG
GUINEA PIG
PECCARY
PECCARY
PECCARY
PECCARY
PECCARY
FRUIT BAT
FRUIT BAT
FRUIT BAT
FRUIT BAT
FRUIT BAT
WHITE-TAILED
DEER
WHITETAILED DEER
WHITE-TAILED
DEER
WHITE-TAILED
DEER
GUIANAN
SQUIRREL
GUIANAN
SQUIRREL
GUIANAN
SQUIRREL
GUIANAN
SQUIRREL
BRAZILIAN
PORCUPINE
BRAZILIAN
PORCUPINE
BRAZILIAN
PORCUPINE
BRAZILIAN
PORCUPINE
GUIANA BRISTLY
MOUSE
GUIANA
BRISTLY
MOUSE
WHITE-TAILED
DEER
GUIANAN
SQUIRREL
BRAZILIAN
PORCUPINE
GUIANA BRISTLY
MOUSE
GUIANA BRISTLY
MOUSE
GUIANA BRISTLY
MOUSE
The largest rodent in
the world
Hunted for meat, hide
and grease
Name means “one who
eats slender leaves”
Capable of running as
fast as a horse
Can remain
underwater for up to
five minutes
Called “death’s head
monkey” in Germanic
languages
Tail used as a tool and
for balance, not
climbing
Live in large groups,
with up to 500
members
Omnivores, eat
primarily fruits and
nuts
“Miss Baker” was an
astronaut monkey for
NASA
Name comes from a
branch of the
Franciscan monks
Spend their entire day
searching for food
Cleaver and easy to
train
Also known as the
“organ grinder
monkey”
Considered the most
intelligent New World
monkey
Mustache-like facial
hair is typical
Run and jump quickly
through the trees
2-9 members in an
average group
Named after German
emperor Wilhelm II
Use their claws to cling
to tree branches
Also known as the
Brazilian cottontail
Solitary and nocturnal
Build nests of dry
grasses above ground
Breed year round
The only rabbit species
found in most of its
range
Agile swimmers
Cannot walk on all four
limbs
Fur often appears
green due to algae
growth
Prefer to stay in one
kind of tree
Offspring cling to their
mother’s belly for 9
months
Not originally from
Guinea
Not related to pigs
Domesticated as early
as 5000 BCE
Have 340° vision
Originally
domesticated for their
meat
Also known as javelin
or skunk pig
6-12 members in an
average band
Not able to cool
themselves by panting
Communicate using
sound and smell
Young are called reds
Wingspan can be more
than 5 feet
Have large eyes and
excellent vision
Use vision and smell to
find food
Have very long tongues
that unroll when they
feed
Can weigh an ounce to
a few pounds
Most widely
distributed ungulate in
North America
Raises its tail when
alarmed to signal other
deer
Good night vision and
colour vision
Males regrow their
antlers every year
Can adapt to a wide
variety of habitats
Run in erratic patterns
to confuse predators
Use fake food burials
to trick thieves
Build dreys, similar to
bird nests
Front teeth never stop
growing
A group is called a
scurry
Have a prehensile tail,
with no spines
Solitary and nocturnal
Rolls into a ball if
threatened
A group is called a
family or prickle
Tail curls around
branches when
climbing
Named for its spiny fur
Nocturnal
Eats insects, seeds and
fruit
Have poor eyesight but
good hearing and smell
Tail can grow as long
as their body
TAPIR
TAPIR
TAPIR
TAPIR
TAPIR
LEAF KATYDID
LEAF
KATYDID
LEAF KATYDID
LEAF KATYDID
LEAF KATYDID
ORNATE
LORIKEET
ORNATE
LORIKEET
ORNATE
LORIKEET
ORNATE
LORIKEET
ORNATE
LORIKEET
MACAW
MACAW
MACAW
MACAW
MACAW
OWL-BUTTERFLY
OWLBUTTERFLY
OWL-BUTTERFLY
OWL-BUTTERFLY
OWL-BUTTERFLY
SWALLOWTAIL
SWALLOWTAIL
SWALLOWTAIL
SWALLOWTAIL
SWALLOWTAIL
MOUSE
OPOSSUM
MOUSE
OPOSSUM
MOUSE OPOSSUM
MOUSE OPOSSUM
MOUSE
OPOSSUM
AGOUTI
AGOUTI
AGOUTI
AGOUTI
AGOUTI
PACA
PACA
PACA
PACA
PACA
BROCKET
BROCKET
BROCKET
BROCKET
BROCKET
TUCO-TUCO
TUCO-TUCO
TUCO-TUCO
TUCO-TUCO
TUCO-TUCO
COYPU
COYPU
COYPU
COYPU
COYPU
HOATZIN
HOATZIN
HOATZIN
HOATZIN
HOATZIN
Largest land mammal
in South America
Excellent swimmers
and divers
Grasp leaves and small
branches with their
flexible snout
Distantly related to the
rhinoceros
Have splayed toes, to
help navigate rough
terrain
Nocturnal
Mimic and blend in
with their habitat to
avoid predators
Over 2000 species
found in the Amazon
rain forest
Rub their wings
together to call to each
other
Can jump 20 times
their body length
Form loud and fast
moving flocks
Males and females
have the same
plumage
Have a brush tip on
their tongue, due to
their diet of fruit
Lay their eggs in
decayed wood
Hang from trees while
drinking nectar
A group is called a
pandemonium
Has 2 toes facing
forward and 2 facing
backward
Mate for life
Tongues have a bone
inside, allowing them
to tap into fruits
17 species
Have huge eyespots,
resembling owl eyes
Very large: 6 – 20
centimetres
Fly at dusk to avoid
predators
More than 15 varieties
Fly only a few metres
at a time
Over 500 species
Named for the forked
appearance of the hind
wings
Wings are variable in
shape and colour
Mimic distasteful
species to avoid
predation
A group is called a
flutter, wing or
rainbow
More than 55 species
Can store fat in their
tail
Marsupials, but
females lack a pouch
Build nests in trees,
hollow logs and holes
Litter size can be as
high as 15
Related to guinea pigs
May gather in groups
of up to 100 to feed
Capable of opening
Brazil nuts without
tools
Fathers are barred
from the nest while
young are small
Can live for 20 years,
very long for a rodent
Prefer to be near
water, can stay
submerged for 15
minutes
Have resonating
chambers in their
cheeks, and so growl
loudly for their size
Can stay unmoving for
45 minutes
Live in burrows
Nocturnal
Nocturnal and shy,
rarely observed
Solitary and territorial
Hide from predators
using their knowledge
of their territory
Antlers are small,
simple spikes
Approximately 10
species
Name comes from the
“tuc-tuc” sound they
make as burrowing
Spend up to 90% of
their lives underground
Primarily search for
food while digging
passageways
Dig using a
combination of skulltooth and scratch
digging
Approximately 60
species
Live in burrows
alongside stretches of
water
Feed on river plant
stems
Resembles a beaver
with a small tail
Consumes 25% of its
body weight daily
Litter size can be as
high as 13
National bird of
Guyana
Also known as Canje
pheasant or stinkbird
Has a manure-like
odour caused by its
digestive system
Chicks have claws on
two of their wing digits
Flies poorly, due to its
large crop
JAGUAR
OCELOT
BUSH DOG
KINKAJOU
COATI
JAGUAR
OCELOT
BUSH DOG
KINKAJOU
COATI
Nicknamed the “hognosed raccoon”
Also known as the
honey bear
Have partially webbed
toes
Also known as the
dwarf leopard
National animal of
Guyana
Walk plantigrade: on
the soles of their feet
Often mistaken for
ferrets or monkeys, but
unrelated
Called “vinegar dog” in
Spanish speaking
countries
Nocturnal and
territorial
Third largest feline in
the world
DISEASE
FLOOD
EARTHQUAKE
DROUGHT
FOREST
FIRE
DEFORESTATION