We learned this week that sloths and humming birds live in the emergent layer of the rainforest which is the highest layer.

Sloths have very good claws for gripping onto branches and they are slow and sleepy.  Humming birds wings beat 25 times in a second and their wings go in the shape of a number 8.  Humming birds feet are so tiny they cannot walk on the ground and they find sitting on a perch difficult.  They use a lot of energy beating their wings so at night they hibernate to save energy.  They eat nectar from flowers and they have long thin straws for drinking the nectar.