What is the difference between a rainforest and jungle?

What is the difference between a rainforest and jungle?

A rainforest, like a jungle, is filled with thick vegetation—but unlike a jungle, it has a layer of tall trees, called a canopy, that blocks out most of the sunlight. ... So while jungles have a ton of stuff happening below your feet, rainforests don't—most of the action is happening in the trees above.

Is the Amazon a jungle or rainforest?

The Amazon rainforest, alternatively, the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.

Are all jungles tropical?

The word "jungle" accounted for over 80% of the terms used to refer to tropical forests in print media prior to the 1970s; since then it has been steadily replaced by "rainforest", although "jungle" still remains in common use when referring to tropical rainforests.

Why are lions king of the jungle?

Lions are the kings of the jungle because of their raw power and strength. Lions fear no other animals, however, like a king lions do have enemies. The lion's worst enemy is the hyena. ... Because of this the lion is in danger of poachers, and because of poachers, the lion is an endangered species.

What animal can kill a gorilla?

Leopards

Do crocodiles ever kill lions?

As a rule, crocodiles aren't in the adult lion diet. Sometimes a crocodile will try to attack a lion cub and lionesses may kill that croc. However, they sometimes eat it and sometimes they don't.

Do tigers eat crocodiles?

Tigers mainly eat ambar deer, wild pigs, water buffalo and antelope. ... Tigers hunt for prey, which even include fearsome predators such as crocodiles, leopards and pythons. When fighting a crocodile, they go for the eyes using their paws.

Can a tiger kill a grizzly bear?

Once there was a lack of natural prey in Russia and Siberian tiger killed the brown bear for its food. North American Grizzly Bear and Siberian Tigers are solitary hunters. However, the Siberian tiger could easily take down its large prey and acts as the dominant predator than Grizzly bear.

What animal can kill a grizzly bear?

Siberian tiger

Who would win tiger or wolf?

But realistically speaking, both lions and tigers outweigh wolves by several hundred pounds. Wolves at most weigh about 180 pounds while the heaviest tigers can supposedly weigh up to 670 lbs (and most experts now believe that lions average about the same size and weight as well). So no, the tiger will win.

Would a gorilla beat a bear?

While gorillas are quick — making speeds of up to 20 mph — the bears have them beat. ... All the bear would need to do is stand up to its full height of 7 feet and drop on its back to crush the gorilla in a forceful 800-pound body slam.