Orangutans (great apes that live in Sumatra and Borneo) use umbrellas! They pluck big leaves off the trees and hold them over their heads to protect themselves from heavy rainfall.
Eaten alive
Eaten alive Scientists warn that higher temperatures in Alaska
are enabling pests such as caterpillars and beetles to ravage the
forests. In the past 5 years, budworm caterpillars have been
munching their way through 40,000 hectares of Alaska’s
forests, and the spruce bark beetle has killed 1.3 million hectares
of sitka/white spruce hybrids. Numbers of the caterpillars and
beetles have been found to rise after warmer years and these
insects, along with forest fires, pose a serious threat to the
world’s northern forests. 18 JULY 1998, P. 12
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