Extreme Planet: Journey through the Amazon
Discover the Quicklinks for this book
Age: 6+
Journey through the Amazon and meet some of the amazing animals and people who live there with links to websites where you can:
- Listen to howler monkeys howling.
- Watch river otters chase away prowling jaguars.
- Pretend to be a sloth with a printable mask.
Scroll down to see all the links
Welcome to the Amazon
- The Amazon in 360°
Take a virtual tour of the Amazon, from a lookout above the treetops to a boat ride along the world's largest river.
Take me there - Experience the Amazon!Discover 50 plants and animals of the Amazon with an interactive rainforest experience.Take me there
- Making a backpack - the Awá wayJoin the Awá people in the Amazon as they show how to make a leaf backpack.Take me there
- Painted peopleSee the amazing way the Mebengôkre-Kayapó people of the Amazon paint their bodies. (Click on the closed captions button [CC] to turn on subtitles.)Take me there
- Threats to the AmazonDiscover how human activities are destroying the Amazon.Take me there
- Protecting the rainforestFind out how we can help protect rainforests such as the Amazon.Take me there
Up In the Canopy
- Life in the canopyDiscover amazing animals that live in the treetops of the Amazon.Take me there
- Slow slothsMeet sloths, sloth moths – and some hungry harpy eagles.Take me there
- Many monkeysSee spider monkeys and howler monkeys and listen to a myth about them. (Click on the playlist for more Amazon videos.)Take me there
- Noisy monkeysListen to howler monkeys howling.Take me there
- Toucan factsFind out fun facts about toucans, including what they eat and sound like.Take me there
- Printable sloth maskPretend to be a sloth with a printable mask.Take me there
Along the River
- Baby river ottersMeet a family of giant river otters and their young cubs.Take me there
- Amazon river dolphinFind out about pink dolphins that live in the Amazon River.Take me there
- Cute capybarasDiscover fun facts about the biggest rodents in the world.Take me there
- Giant water lilySee how giant water lilies take up space in the Amazon.Take me there
- Otters vs jaguars
Watch river otters chase away prowling jaguars.
Take me there - Jaguar quizTest how much you know about jaguars with a quiz.Take me there
Into the Jungle
- Frog parentsSee tadpoles living in bromeliad plants and meet their protective parents.Take me there
- Poison dart frogs to colourPrint out and colour in a picture of poison dart frogs.Take me there
- Blue morpho butterflyDiscover fun facts about the blue morpho butterfly.Take me there
- What is a kinkajou?Meet a kinkajou and find out more about it.Take me there
- Prickly fruitDid you know pineapples grow in the Amazon?Take me there
- Orchid colouring pageDownload and print out a picture of orchids to colour.Take me there
Down On the Ground
- Birdeater spiderMeet a big spider with a big bite – the Goliath birdeater tarantula.Take me there
- Zombie antsFind out about a strange fungus that turns ants into zombies.Take me there
- Battling beetlesWatch a pair of Hercules beetles fight over some fruit.Take me there
- Anteaters of the AmazonSee two types of anteaters captured by camera traps in the Amazon.Take me there
- Army ants at warWatch a colony of army ants invade a nest full of big-headed ants.Take me there
- Armadillo to colourPrint out and colour in a picture of an armadillo.Take me there
Explore jungles with Usborne
Spot animals and find out about trees, with magic painting, stickers, lift-the-flap books and more.
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