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Up in the Trees

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Many creatures creature PW CREATURE MARK BRIDGER—GETTY IMAGES an animal of any type (noun) The forest is filled with wild creatures. make a home in the trees. Read about some of the animals that live up high.

Swinging from Treetops

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Orangutans live in rainforests rainforest PW RAINFOREST MARK DOWNEY—GETTY IMAGES a forest of very tall trees that gets a lot of rain (noun) Sloths live in the rainforest. . They swing from tree to tree. They build nests in trees.

Pecking Holes

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Woodpeckers live in forests all over the world. They peck holes in trees to find food.

Hanging Out

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Wild pandas live in forests in China. They are good climbers. Look at this panda cub cub DAVIDRASMUS—GETTY IMAGES a young meat-eating animal (noun) The bear takes care of its cub. . It has climbed a tree. It is resting in the branches. What do you think it sees?

Blending In with Branches

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Chameleons can change color. They blend in with their habitat habitat WESTEND61—GETTY IMAGES the place where a plant or an animal normally lives (noun) The emperor penguin's natural habitat is in Antarctica . Some are found in rainforest trees. This chameleon lives in Madagascar. That is in Africa.

Did You Know?

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Dead trees can be home to living creatures. Mushrooms can grow on rotting logs. Pill bugs live underneath logs. What else lives in and around this log?