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| 32 | 210 | Termites, View more quotes about incidentally">incidentally, are extremely important to the ecology of the forest. |
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| 32 | 207 | Along the river, of course, many other species of birds may be found, such as jungle gants, tufted fishers and ring-necked and yellow-legged waders. |
| 32 | 208 | Also in the ground zone are varieties of snake, such as the ost and hith, and numerous species of insects. |
| 32 | 209 | The rock spider has been mentioned, and termites, also. |
| 32 | 210 | Termites, incidentally, are extremely important to the ecology of the forest. |
| 32 | 211 | In their feeding they break down and destroy the branches and trunks of fallen trees. |
| 32 | 212 | The termite "dust," thereafter, by the action of bacteria, is reduced to humus, and the humus to nitrogen and mineral materials. |
| 32 | 213 | In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man. |