Description
Message you could write in Rainforest Toucan card:
- Toucan play at that game.
- What a big bill you have.
- Dare to be a force of nature.
- Do your duty to keep Nature a beauty.
- Let the green be seen.
- May the forest be with you.
- Love me, love my jungle.
- Tree huggers unite!
Open the card to a 3-D pop-up Toucan with his famously colorful beak. He is gripping a branch with his blue legs. (Did you know their legs were blue? they are!)
Toucans are found in the canopy layer of the rainforest in South and Central America. The canopy provides plenty of food and protection for the birds. Here, the toucan’s bright colors act as camouflage, hiding the bird among fruits and plants.
They are very important to the rainforest because they help to disperse seeds from the fruits and berries they eat.
They make loud croaking noises. The sound has been described as like a frog trying to impersonate a pig. They also make high-pitched squealing sounds.
Do they fly?
Toucans do fly, but they don’t have very big wings and aren’t known for their flying prowess. They prefer to glide or to hop around.
What about their colorful bill?
Their bill is very large and can be well over half of the length of its body. The bill is both strong and light.
The primary purpose of their bill is for feeding. The edges of the bill are serrated. These jagged edges help tear fruit apart. Toucans also use their bills to reach for food. The bill’s light weight helps the bird reach fruit on thin branches. It is also used to reach into cracks and holes in trees.
Some scientists think that the bright colors on the toucan’s bill may scare smaller birds, allowing him to raid their nests.
One more strange factoid:
Toucans are the universal symbol of Fruit Loops. (why?)
See also: Red-Crowned Japanese Crane.
*The split leaf philodendron is also known as monstera deliciosa.
