GUARDIANS OF THE CANOPY
5 ANIMALS THAT HEAVILY DEPEND ON TREES FOR SURVIVAL
Trees serve as the planet's lungs and essential habitats, offering food and shelter while promoting unique adaptations. Explore remarkable animals closely connected to their arboreal environment.
Credit : PEXELS Here are some animals that heavily depend on trees for survival
Credit : PEXELS Tree Kangaroo
Tree kangaroos have adapted to tree life with strong forelimbs, shorter hind limbs, and balancing tails.
Credit : PINTEREST Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth
Pygmy three-toed sloth, endemic to Isla Escudo de Veraguas, spends 20 hours daily in trees, camouflaged.
Credit : PINTEREST Feathertail Glider
The feathertail glider, Australia's smallest gliding mammal, thrives in eucalyptus trees, feeding on nectar, pollen, and insects.
Credit : PINTEREST Hoolock Gibbon
In Barekuri, Assam, humans and endangered hoolock gibbons coexist, but deforestation and habitat fragmentation threaten their survival.
Credit : PINTEREST Philippine Flying Lemur
The kagwang, native to southern Philippines, glides between trees using a patagium and primarily eats leaves, fruits, and flowers.
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