This document discusses the importance of trees and the rainforest from the perspective of various rainforest animals. It notes that trees produce oxygen and hold the soil, that cutting them down will destroy beauty and leave many animals homeless. It suggests looking at the forest with new eyes and considering how actions today impact future generations who will live without trees.

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Porcupine.
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Anteater
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Boa constrictor.
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Butterflies.
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Tree frogs.
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Jaguar.
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Monkeys.
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Toucan.
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Sloth.
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Yanomamo child.
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This tree is a tree of miracles. It is my home.
My ancestors lived here.
The roots will die and there will be nothing to
hold the earth in place. When the rain comes
the soil will be washed away and the forest
will become a desert.
Senhor. Do you know what humans and
animals need in order to live? Oxigen. And do
you know what trees produce? Oxigen!. If
you cut down the forests, you will destroy
that which gives us all life.
Do you appreciate beauty? Can you live
without it? Please, don´t destroy the beauty
of the rain forest.
Sehor, when you awake, please look upon us
all with new eyes.
A ruined rainforest means many ruined lives.
You will leave many of us homeless if you
chop down this kapok tree.
What happens tomorrow depends upon what
you do today. The big man tells you to chop
down a beautiful tree. He does not think of
his own children, who tomorrow must live in a
world without trees.
Our home is this tree. We fly from tree to tree
and flower to flower collecting pollen. In this
way we pollinate the trees and flowers.
The kapok tree is home for many birds and
animals. If you cut it down, where will I find
my dinner?
When you cut the trees many people settle on
the land. They set fire to clear the underbrush
and the forest disappears.