FEATURE WELTVOGELPARK WALSRODE


TRUMPETERS – AMBASSADORS OF THE RAINFOREST IN WELTVOGELPARK WALSRODE


the eye can see - it is green. Foliage of 40 meter high trees build a closed canopy, through which only little sunlight passes towards the ground. Despite the shadow, 30°C temperature and a humidity of almost 90% cause an unbearable sticky heat. Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals raise a real jungle concert of penetrating, exotic sounds. Here is where pure life is vibrant! The rainforest is the most diverse and fascinating habitat of the world. It reaches around the equator, but the biggest of all rainforests is the Amazonas in South America. Especially at dusk and dawn very special, vibrating sounds melt into the


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t is an unforgettable and unique experience to walk through the rainforest! Everywhere - as far as


loud jungle-concert: Oh-oh-oh-oh- ooooooh. These are the deep, trumpet- like sounds of birds called trumpeters, with which they mark their territory. The sounds are produced with closed bill in the air sacs of the respiratory system, similar to a pressure system. The sound resembles the one produced by blowing into an empty bottle (Sick 1993). Trumpeters spend the night sheltered on


trees. In the morning they leave their sleeping places and flutter from the branches of the trees down to the shaded ground. With their short, rounded wings they are anything else but good acrobats of the air! During daytime, when no danger is threatening them, trumpeters prefer to stay on the ground. Here they walk in groups of 3-15 individuals elegant


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