About how many different kinds of animals visit the rain forest every year?
GLOBIO Traveling Teacher says:
Hi Kenda,
That's a very difficult question to answer. The best estimate scientists have is there are over half a million (500,000) known creatures in the rainforests of the world.
There are several hundreds of thousands of different animals - birds, mammals, insects, fishes, reptiles - that live in the rainforest. In fact, every year scientists discover many new species - most are small like insects, but once in a while they discover something bigger like a cat or bat.
Thanks for the great question,
GLOBIO Traveling Teacher
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