Scientific Name:Ceiba pentandra

Spanish Name:Araba tree

Size: 150 feet

Life span: It an live more than 500 years.

Predators: Logging. Mining Company. Indigenous populations.

Adaptations: 
The tree has gotten huge to be able to get more water and nutrience. It has also adapted large branches to house other animals

Interesting Facts: 

• In the 1940 the fluff surronding the trees was taken and used for life jackets
• Some people turn them into cannoes which can seat more than  40 people
• Ceiba trees because they are so tall most people dont cut them down like the rest of the trees

• A Ceiba Tree. Chicago: Ceiba Foundation For Tropical Conservation
• Chipas Highlands. Minnesota: Science Museum OF Minnesota 
• The Association Press, . The Lungs of the Earth : CNN.
• The Association Press, . 10 Percent to be Preserved by coalition: CNN.