In the tropical reforests

Some animals live

And breed in trees

Moving from tree to tree 

To feed

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Ants are so small

That they have no problem

Traveling up and down trees

To the forest floor

While marauding in caves

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Animals like apes and monkeys

Have to work much harder

Because of their size

Griping tree limbs

And swinging themselves

Through the forest

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It they fail to catch a limb

That propel them

A fall to the forest floor

Could be fatal

The routes through these trees

Are considered their highways

And superhighways

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Some primates are able

To navigate these routes

Solely by sight

But when it’s dark

Bush babies on the move

Do so partly by smell

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Gibbons are the acrobats

Of these vast forests

For they swing hand over hand

Underneath the branches of trees

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Birds, frogs, snakes, and insects

Negotiate the treetops

Where they put on displays

As they endeavor to entrap

Their prey

And attract mates

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Over eons

Some of these creatures 

Like bats 

Have developed gliders

That enable them 

To more easily

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Sail through the trees

Of the forest

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