Brenton Bachemin Tropical Rainforest are home to over half of the world's species, all squeezed into a narrow strip of equatorial land. The tropical rainforest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. The temperature rarely gets higher than 90 F or drops lower than 68 F. It has high humidity averaging between 75 and 90%, and rainfall is often more than 100 inches a year. Almost all rainforest lie near the equator, with the world’s largest tropical rainforest located in South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. The combination of warmth, humidity and moisture makes the tropical rainforest a suitable environment for many plants, trees and animals. It’s also an ideal environment for bacteria and other micro-organisms. Scientist have …show more content…
Not only home to thousands of different species of trees, plant life and animals, but also to millions of human being. Our ancestors relied on the tropical rainforest to supply them with wood, plants and animals. The forest gave us many of the fruits, grains, fibers, medicines, resins and materials that our ancient ancestors used and many we still use today.

Of the many types of apes that call the tropical rainforest home, the gorilla is the largest. Gorillas are found in West Central Africa, mostly in Zaire, Rwanda and along the Congo River. A gorilla family roams the rainforest floor, eating a diet that largely consist of vegetation, including leaves, plant stalks, pith from the insides of stalks and fruits. Only younger smaller gorillas spend much