Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

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Across
  1. 4. In the closed forest canopy, fruit eating animals are the main _________________ agents. Without them, some plant species with eventually become extinct.
  2. 6. Animals in the forest ______________________ themselves prevent predators from eating them
  3. 7. The ___________________ has a long tubular mouth and long tongue that allows it to reach far into any mounds
  4. 9. The rainforest is able to thrive by storing most of the ________________ in its ecosystem
  5. 12. ___________________ and discriminate clearing of forests in the early years that led to the extinction of many of the larger mammals
  6. 13. Bukit Timah is Singapore's ______________ hill.
  7. 15. For a better chance of survival, fruits and seeds move away from the _________________ plant to reduce competition and to expand the range of the species
  8. 17. The Malayan __________________ also known as the flying lemur has membranes between its legs and tail, enabling to glide from tree to tree
Down
  1. 1. _____________ hoist themselves toward the light in the forest canopy by means of twining stems, hooks, tendrils, spines and root suckers
  2. 2. There are ____________-_________________ species of mammals, reptiles and amphibians in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
  3. 3. Plant species growing in the swamps have ________________ roots to take in air from the ground and also provide support to the trees
  4. 5. The Common ____________ Civet's diet consists mainly of fruits and occasional small animals
  5. 8. Beetles fed on the _________________ of early cycads and were the first to be used by flowering plants before the evolution of nectar that involved bees, flies, butterflies and birds
  6. 10. The _______________ layer is made up of forest giants with height soaring to 71-80 metros
  7. 11. Many rainforest species have __________________ leaf tips known as drip tips to drain off water quickly
  8. 14. The forest provides many products useful to Man like ________________ poles for drying our clothes
  9. 16. Plants depend on ____________________ to make food but with only one percent of it reaches the forest floor, the competition for it in the forest is intense