Tropical rainforests are forests with tall trees, warm climates, and lots of rain. In some rainforests it rains more than one inch nearly every day of the year! Here are some examples of the richness of rainforests. Rainforests have 170,000 of the world’s 250,000 known plant species. The United States has 81 species of frogs, while Madagascar, which is smaller than Texas, may have 500 species. An area of rainforest the size of two football fields (one hectare) may have more than 400 species of trees, while an equal area of forest in the United States may have fewer than 20. Europe has 570 butterfly species, while Manu National Park, a single reserve in Peru, has 1,300 species. There are 4 parts (layers) in the rainforest: the Emergent, Canopy, Understory and lastly the Forest. In the rainforest, there different types of spices such as: the toucan, harrpy eagle, parrot, poison red-eye tree frog, tigers, and gorillas.  Life in Rainforests is very harsh. It is gruelling a lot in summer if it goes up to 40’C. It is also hard because animals lose its home everyday.