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Study Questions for the film “Deep Jungle: New Frontiers” This study sheet will not be collected. Use it as a “study guide”, as this will be in Exam 1 GENERAL: a) Keep track of all the geographic locations mentioned in the film and be sure to look them up on a globe later.  Rain forest  Borneo  Sumatra  Madagascar  Congo  New Guanine b) Focus on how technology is extending our knowledge of the rainforest and its creatures in each case study. 1. How does Roman Dial get from the top of one tropical forest tree to another in Borneo? 

He uses a cross bow to shoot rope so he can go tree to tree

2. What kind of data is he gathering and what does he use it for?’    

Wants to become a canopy creature He is studying the trees himself  they create the architecture of the canopy Wants to map the canopy  3D jungle map How the jungles physical makeup shapes the life within it

3. Another scientific explorer of rainforest canopies is Nalini Nadkarni. In this film how is she getting from one tropical tree top to another? What flower does she pick from the top of a tree?  

Using a fan propelled hot air balloon with seat to move over the canopy A mistletoe ?

4. On the ground, Jeremy Holden and Gavin Thurston are searching for which animal in Sumatra? 

The Sumatran tiger

5. Which one of them is the scientist and which is the photographer?  

Jeremy  scientists Gavin  photographer

6. What kind of technology are they using?  Remote infrared cameras

7. Why will it be such a big deal to get a picture of this animal in the wild? 

It has only been captured once & it will help conservation efforts

8. How many are left in the wild and how often have they been seen? 

About 500 in the wild

9. Phil DeVries is searching for an insect in Madagascar. 

A giant moth no one believed existed

10. Who suggested that such an insect might exist and when was this suggestion first made? 

1862 South England Charles Darwin

11. Why will it be such a big deal to find it and see it in action? 

Prove Darwin right that there is a moth with a 12 inch tongue

12. What kind of technology is he using? 

Infrared camera that can film in total darkness

13. Where does he set up his camera? How does he see what is going on there?  At the top of the tree where the special orchid is  A special light from the camera 14. What proportion of Madagascar’s rain forest still remains? 

Less than 50%

15. Back to the Sumatran tiger hunt: where do they set up their “traps,” how do they work and what is the range of each one compared to the size of the territory of each animal?  6 different cameras that record when an infrared sensor is triggered  Can record day or night  Each camera has a range of 30 ft.  Each tigers territory is the size of new york 16. In Panama, night imaging strobe lights reveal niche specialization of 72 species of bats. List the food/prey items that comprise the special diets of the different bat species:

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Eat fruit Drink nectar Hunt every kind of insect Killer bats o Fishing, frogs, lizards, mice

17. In the Congo, massive bat migrations were studied using which technology? 

Heat sensing cameras

18. Steve Blake with the Wildlife Conservation Society is shown working with a field team that includes experienced tracker Mombellami and team vet Mike. What animal are they tracking? 

Forest elephants

19. What kind of data will they gather and what type of technology will be used to get it?  

Tranquilizer darts & tracking collars Where the elephants go when they retreat into the forest

20. Deep into the night, DeVries sees the sought after animal; how much time has elapsed since its existence was first predicted?  

8 hours into his observation he sees his moth 142 years after Darwin’s prediction

21. What are the main general features of tropical rainforest climate, nutrient cycling and biodiversity?   

Structure of the place traps a constant layer of heat & moisture Nutrients are trapped in a renewing cycle Variety of life

22. Kim Bostwick studies small birds called ____________ in Latin America. Like many birds, the males are brightly colored and the females very inconspicuous.  Red capped manikin 23. What questions is Kim asking and what type of technology is she using to get the answers? What did she find out? 

High speed video camera, 500 frames a second

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Capture behaviors How do they make their high-pitched calls?  Wing tips at 80 hits a second Birds moonwalking & Michael Jackson slide during mating ritual

24. Returning to the elephants: how far do they go? and where do they hang out? what is their role in the forest?    

Traveled over 40 miles in a few days Pattern of wanderings being to emerge  travel further than ever expected Favorite destination is fruiting trees & unusual clearings at the heart of the forest (they create the clearings by mining for minerals & nutrient sin the dirt) Actively shape the jungle with their paths

25. Returning to Roman Dial: how does the architecture of SE Asian forest differ from Neotropical (new world) forests?   

The jungle can shape the organisms More space between the trees (can change the environment completely) Spacing (openness) can change the animals (makes gliding beneficial)

26. How does this influence the animals, like the Draco “flying” lizard and other vertebrate groups?  

Flying snakes, lizards, frogs Because openness of the forest

27. Returning to Jeremy Holden and Gavin Thurston: Finally, what did they “catch” ?  

They see the tiger & its behavior 1st clear record of it in its habitat...