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Recent Examples of rain forest from the Web
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Most apes, which include gorillas, gibbons, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos, live deep in the rain forest.
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Fossils of mantis shrimp, shark teeth, dinoflagellates and saline-loving bacteria were discovered deep beneath the rain forest.
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In Puerto Rico, conservationists are worried about several species of birds and other animals in the island’s El Junque rain forest, which was devastated by Hurricane Maria.
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Large bathrooms feel even bigger due to mirrored walls and have showers with three settings (rain forest, jet, and hand-held).
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The island was developing a tourism sector based on those rain forests.
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Night after rainy night, he and a team scrambled through the dense rain forest, trying to catch something in the act of building the towers.
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With 170 inches of rain a year — compared with 37 in Seattle — Palmyra also has a dense rain forest where 11 species of seabirds nest.
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But history is full of powerful entities that caused grave harm in the unchecked pursuit of their goals: logging companies that obliterated rain forests, banks whose complex financial instruments led to global recession.
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First Known Use of rain forest
1903
RAIN FOREST Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of rain forest for English Language Learners
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: a tropical forest that receives a lot of rain and that has very tall trees
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