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Describe a forest to a blind person
To someone who can't see, a forest is nothing. If you help them though, it is elegant. A forest is an amazing place that humans just think of as trees, but to the animals that live there, it is a metropolitan. From the fungus that erupts out of the Earth's soil to the apex predators that roam amongst the trees, and everything in between. This is how I would describe a forest to someone who can't see. A forest is primarily trees and foliage, but if you listen closely there's a whole other world in there. Ants on the forest floor work on building their underground kingdom. Now it depends on where in the world your at because in the amazon there are Jaguars that roam the ground and Caiman and Piranhas in the water. If you were to be in Alaska and Canada there might be bears strolling through the thick vegetation, and lastly, in the southern parts of Asia, there might be tigers and certain types of deer. In the understory layer of the forest (the layer just above the forest floor) it is a completely different area. Squirrels and Tree frogs patrol the trees whilst at night Kinkajous and Tarsiers take watch. In the Canopy (the second to last layer) there would be monkeys swinging and hollering while finches and other birds watch in their nest. The Emergent Layer (the last layer) is the aviary of the forest. Macaws and finches, Eagles and Hawks, and everything in between lives here. That isn't it though because living amongst all of these amazing creatures is some of the world's most magnificent plants. On the floor there is fungus. Whether carnivorous or not there are millions of fungus. In the Understory, there is moss growing on the trees and maybe some fruits. The Canopy is like the grocery store. Fruits, nuts, insects you name it. The Emergent layer is really just leaves.
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