#Nature on the headlines #Thailand is bordered by Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar. Temperatures range around 30 degrees throughout the year, making it one of the warmest places in the world. The weather only gets cooler after the autumn rains. The weather here is always about the rainy and dry seasons, and Thailand is a mysterious and wild country where the wilderness is inaccessible enough to be forgotten by the world. It is one of the most fertile regions in the world, home to one-tenth of the world's species. A country full of wildness and style.
The most mysterious hornbills in the rainforest also thrive in Thailand. Hornbills are one of the largest and strongest birds in the forest ecosystem, feeding on fruits and animals. More than 12 species of hornbills live in Thailand's forests. These include helmeted hornbills, white-crowned hornbills, as well as white-throated hornbills and brown-necked hornbills. The smallest hornbills are the crowned hornbills, which depend mainly on figs in the forest for their livelihoods throughout the year. The roots of fig trees often grow around the host, eventually killing the host. Figs are a very healthy food for hornbills and other animals. The threat to hornbills in their comfortable lives is mainly from Southeast Asian pandas (binturongs), which feed mainly on fruits and also eat birds and eggs. Hornbills will warn their kind by chirping, making it easy to escape from enemies.
Helmeted hornbills
White-crowned hornbills
Brown-necked hornbills
White-throated hornbills
Crowned hornbills
Thailand's forest cover is now 26 percent, compared to 60 percent 50 years ago. Thailand's tropical rainforests have abundant rainfall, with at least 200 cm of rainfall per year. About half of the flora and fauna live in the rainforest, where the climate shifts between wet rainy seasons and dry, hot dry seasons. Hornbills lack wing membranes, so air can pass between feathers, and they make a roaring sound as they fly like a train passing by. Hornbills courtship bring a fig to the male and female. During courtship season, hundreds, if not thousands, of hornbills gather to socialize and courtship. During courtship, the male will stroke the beak of the female and play with the female to please the female.
Indian bison live in the swamp, and Indian bison live in groups of about 10, and the males will travel in different groups. There are also 4-6 herds of sambar deer living in the swamp. The bucks circle the ground by urine. The main enemies of the sambar deer are predators such as tigers, leopards and jackals, and when in danger, the sambar deer will use their hooves to make a sound to warn the enemy, but also to signal danger to their companions. The stags will use the sound of their hooves to lure enemies away from the herd. The sambar deer's sense of hearing and smell is extremely sensitive, relying on these two skills to evade the enemy's pursuit.
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Purple water chickens are known for their explosively loud cries. Pheasants are polygamous, and males can have up to four partners, and they generally breed from March to September.
Purple water chicken
The rainforest canopy is inhabited by many large and noisy animals, and every morning the gibbon family begins to roar, which can be heard thousands of meters away, and they use this call to declare that they are the owners of the territory, to warn their kind and other animals intent on invading their territory. Although gibbons are the shortest of the great ape families, they dominate the rainforest canopy. Gibbons are omnivores that forage during the day, and fruits, leaves, flowers are their food. White-palmed gibbons are particularly fond of fruit, and if they are found in the forest, there are a lot of fruits nearby. Gibbons have great curiosity and observation, but they are not cautious enough. Gibbons live in small families, each with a pair of parents and up to 4 children. They mate differently than most great apes, and most of them live in trees to escape dangers underground. Although gibbons look like monkeys, they are great apes, close relatives of gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and humans.
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There are 5 species of macaques distributed in Thailand, and macaques are the most widely distributed primates outside of humans. The most obvious features of the short-tailed monkey are the red face and yellowish cubs. Short-tailed monkeys are highly social animals that take the time to clean up their hygiene and help their counterparts comb their hair. The face of the short-tailed monkey turns brownish-gray as we age. The social structure and habits of macaque monkeys are almost indistinguishable from those of humans. Macaques feed on grass, leaves, roots, and bark. Ordinary macaques are often used as experiments for human diseases. Adult macaques are naturally good at jumping. Female macaques mate with multiple macaques during estrus, and females usually mate with more than 10 males during estrus. Most male monkeys live at high altitudes, and each population has dozens of monkeys. Macaques spend time in the water, usually to forage and cool down.
Short-tailed monkey
Langurs are also another primate, they live most of the time in trees, they are afraid of water, and langurs generally give birth to only one monkey per litter. Langur cubs are golden yellow and their hair slowly turns grayish-black as they age.
Langurs
The rainforest is also home to many colorful birds: the crimson-breasted parrot, the white-bellied hyacinth, the short-tailed parrot, the kingfisher, the grey-headed green woodpecker, the long-tailed parrot, the green-throated sunbird, the blue-green magpie, the crested tree swallow, the osprey, the white-breasted emerald bird, the red-billed blue magpie, and the black-bellied snake pelican.
Crimson-breasted parrot
White-bellied grebe
Short-tailed parrot
kingfisher
Grey-headed green woodpecker
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Green-throated sunbird
Blue-green magpie
Limelight tree swallow