South American Animlals By Alli Hoggarth

Anaconda Sizes -Length: Usually up to 16 ft, but 33 ft has been recorded -Weight: Up to 550 lbs., possibly higher Habitat and Habits -likes the streams, rivers, swamps, and pools of the Amazon Rainforest can climb well -uses trees for refuge from predators Food and Feeding -preys on deer, wild pigs, and large rodents -agouti, paca, capybara (rodent examples) -also attacks aquatic animals

Macaw Sizes -Length: 23 in. -Tail: 20 in. Habitat and Habits -live in tropics/subtropics -prefer forests that grow in swampy ground or rivers -they are sociable -roosts in forest together atnight Food and Feeding -completely dependent on trees for food -likes to eat nuts, fruits, seeds, berries

Collared Peccary Sizes -Height: in -Weight: lbs. Habitat and Habits -lives in herds of up to 50 individuals -contains family groups of up to 15 members -herds stay together all year, but each family uses a different part of herd’s territory Food and Feeding -eats roots, fruit, and seeds -it some areas, the main food eaten is cacti -also eats insects and small invertebrates -locates food with sensitive snout, then digs food up with short, sharp tusks

Giant Anteater Sizes -Body Length: in -Tail Length: in -Weight lbs. (males slightly heavier than females) Habitat and Habits -lives solitary life -habitat includes rainforests, grasslands, and mixed forest and semiarid regions of Central and South America -spends day searching for food -exceptional senses of smell and hearing Food and Feeding -diet consists mainly of ground-dwelling ants -occasionally will eat termites and army ants

Jaguar Sizes -Length: inches -Tail:18-30 inches -Weight: Male: lbs. Female: lbs Habitat and Habits -Adults live alone -young stay with mother about 2 years -then go find their own hunting territory Food and Feeding -they eat mainly forests animals from mice to deer -they wait in trees for unsuspecting prey -hunt mainly at night -can run short distances quickly to overtake their prey -however, they tire quickly -like to catch and eat fish, frogs, turtles, small alligators

Frigate Bird Sizes -Length: 3-3 1/2 feet -Weight: 3 lbs. -can fly for many hours Habitat and Habits -lives on Brazil's coast -lives and breeds on islands: Galapagos, Cape Verde, Caribbean -nests built in low shrubs with sticks, feather, and bones Food and Feeding -likes to eat flying fish, jellyfish, squid, hatching turtles -steals food from boobies and gannets

Piranha Size -Length: 8 inches -some species are up to 20 inches -Weight: under 3 lb. Habitat and Habits -lives in enormous packs called shoals -spend most of their time hunting for food -rivers are primary habitat Food and Feeding -hunts using speed and surprise -attack typically by swimming right into a school of prey fish -the prey scatter in all directions and piranhas overpower isolated fish -small fish are swallowed whole -larger fish have chunks ripped from them