What Happens if the Rain Forests Disappear?

What Happens if the Rain Forests Disappear? — page 3
Marvelous Madagascar Inside a Rain Forest Millions of years ago the land of our planet was all joined together in one supercontinent that geologists have named Gondwanaland When the continents split apart the wildlife on each of the land masses developed very differently The island of Madagascar saw the development of some very special species New species The Madagascan rain forests are home to thousands of rare and unusual animals like the extremely slow-moving three-toed sloth and the mouse lemur the world’s smallest primate It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of the 250,000 species in the island’s rain forests do not exist anywhere else on Earth In the last 10 years alone more than 600 new species have been found However this extraordinary biodiversity will be lost if the forests disappear 6 Rain forests are home to a whole ecosystem of rivers plants and animals including the colorful toucan