Learn - Temperate Forests & Interesting Facts - Kids Learning Videos - Part 2

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Today, we will learn about Temperate Forest. Major tropical forests, Temperate Forests and Boreal or taiga forest. There are four seasons in Temperate Forest summer, winter, fall and spring.

Temperate forests grow between the tropics and the polar regions in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. They have four seasons summer, winter, spring and monsoon. Temperate forests have a moderate climate. They are home to many plant and animal species.

Biomes have been present long before humans inhabited planet earth. Ever since man became aware of and understood the surroundings, he went into a deep study of the same. The biologists divided the living world into major zones and called it 'BIOMES'. Each biome is a world in itself having its own distinctive climate, plants and animals along with human beings who have become an integral part of every biome.

The animals of New Zealand have an unusual history. Humans arrived in New Zealand probably less than 12,000 years ago. At that time the country had no mammals at all, except bats that flew there, and those that swam there, such as seals and sea lions. This meant that all the ecological niches occupied by mammals in other lands were occupied in New Zealand by either insects or birds.

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