Termites | Rainforests
By Marcia Malory,
Ecofacts.com
"The termite plays an important role in reprocessing the dead wood and leaf litter on the floor of the rainforest."
Visit the web site t READ MORE http://www.earthfacts.com/rainforests/termites/
Giant Millipede,
Woodland Animal Zoo Fact Sheets,
Seattle, WA,
"Millipedes are found in all temperate and tropical regions of the world including caves, deserts, alpine zones, tree canopies and a READ MORE http://www.zoo.org/page.aspx...
Common Earwig,
Woodland Animal Zoo Fact Sheets,
Seattle, WA,
"In the wild: Earwigs are omnivorous and primarily scavenge for food, eating organic and decaying matter. Some species use their pince READ MORE http://www.zoo.org/page.aspx...
Pied Crow
Wikipedia.org
Distribution and habitat
This species, Africa's most widespread member of the genus Corvus, occurs from Sub-Saharan Africa down to the Cape of Good Hope and on the large READ MORE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Crow
Sloth
Wikipedia.org
Ecology
The living sloths are omnivores. They may eat insects, small lizards, and carrion, but their diet consists mostly of buds, tender shoots, and leaves, mainly of Cecr READ MORE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth
Scavengers are animals that eat dead animals or carcasses. They play an important role in the rain forest by preparing carcasses for decomposers.