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Chaperone Guide
Grades 6 through 8 Scavenger Hunt —
Answers and Talking Points
Students should draw any connections that they think are possible.
• All animals should have a connection with the rainforest trees, sun and rain
• Students should have a high number of arrows when they are finished —
each animal should have at least three connections
• Think about it! We want students to recognize that there are a large number
of connections within an ecosystem, and if any one part of that ecosystem is
missing than many living things may be threatened. When humans overuse
habitats or materials, we take things away from wildlife that they need to
survive. One example of this is the vast deforestation that occurs in the
Amazon rainforest — 20% of the entire forest has disappeared since 1970.
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Jaguar
Emerald Tree Boa
Usually located in the Jaguar
Exhibit in Big Cat Falls;
sometimes rotates exhibits
within Big Cat Falls
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Jaguars will eat nearly
anything they can find —
their diet consists of over 80
different species of animals!
Titi Monkey
Can be found near
the center of the Reptiles
and Amphibians House
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This is a tree-dwelling
predator that feeds on
a variety of prey species,
including red-eyed tree frogs.
Yellow-knobbed
Curossow
Can be found in the Rainforest
habitat in McNeil Avian
Center, in the middle of
the jungle walkthrough
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Curassows live on the
rainforest floor and are a
food source for larger species.
Sloth
Pied Tamarin
Located towards the middle of
Rare Animal Conservation
Center; sometimes have
access to Treetop Trail
Located towards the middle of
Rare Animal Conservation
Center with the golden lion
tamarins
Located towards the middle of
Rare Animal Conservation
Center; sometimes have
access to Treetop Trail
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Titi monkeys rely on trees to
travel through the forest and
are rarely found on the ground.
Sloths live in the rainforest
canopy and rarely descend
to the ground. They are seed
dispersers.
Pied tamarins are critically
endangered, mostly due to
habitat loss.
Red-eyed Tree Frog
Giant River Otter
Can be found near the
center of the Reptiles
and Amphibians House
Can be found in the large
pool exhibit at the end of
Carnivore Kingdom
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Red-eyed tree frogs need
to live on trees and must
be near water at all times.
This is the largest species
of otter in the world.
Toucanet
Can be found in the Rainforest
habitat in McNeil Avian
Center, in the middle of
the jungle walkthrough
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Toucanets live in highelevation forests and spend
all their time in trees.