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Can I Survive in the Rainforest? (point)

  • Scott
  • Jun 16, 2025
  • 3 min read

Rainforests are typically found near the equator, tropical rainforests have more rain than other areas, and the weather is always warm and humid. Rainforest ecosystems have excellent conditions and that allows thousands of species of plants and animals to thrive. Rainforests have layers of life, the uppermost being the canopy, under the canopy being the understory, and the forest floor being full with life. Rainforests contain Earth's greatest biological treasures, scientists have made lots of medicine with species in the rainforest.  I believe I can survive in rainforests.


Food and water and shelters may not be hard to find or build in rainforests. There's lots of materials in a rainforest, and with proper usage, I could build a makeshift shelter that isn't fancy, but enough to survive in the rainforest. Freshwater is common in rainforests and the entire ecosystem is based off of water, so finding water wouldn't be a hard thing at all, infact, easy. Food, maybe there's not a lot of options, but there definitely is enough, although some may not taste good, I definitely can elaborate on them and survive. So food, water, and shelter is fulfilled easily, and it won't be too hard to live in rainforests for long periods of time once there is proper research done.


Safety and health needs might be hard to fulfill in rainforests. For safety, there might be predators nearby, but making my shelter more secure and only going out to find food or water and other materials at day might help, or I could possibly craft a makeshift weapon. Health needs may be hard to fulfill, as there are no medicines in a rainforest and there's no medical professionals too. However, there are herbs in the rainforest that is used to develop medicines and can be helpful in this case, as for a medical professional, I suppose that would be luck. The rainforest comes with proper resources to live, but we must elaborate on it and decide which ones are safe to eat and which ones aren't, just like deciding which herb can treat an illness and which one cannot.


The lack of communication and no company can be deadly in a rainforest. Since there won't be company nor communication in the rainforest, I can keep my brain settled by setting goals, such as how much food I need to collect today, how much herbs I want to gather before winter, or how should I improve my shelter, etc. Or I could keep a pet in the rainforest, such as a parrot, since parrots do live in rainforests and they're common. For communication, I could write on something such as stone tablets for something such as how many days I've been in the rainforest, or even keep notes about my surroundings, and gather experience by taking notes about what plants are fatal. The lack of communication and company can be fatal, but there are solutions.


I believe I can survive in rainforests. Food, water, and shelter are easy to build or get, as there are lots of sources of water and food in a rainforest, there's also a lot of resources. Safety and health needs can be fulfilled by improving my shelter and finding herbs to treat illnesses. The lack of company and communication is fatal, but there is a solution to it, finding company myself. Additionally, to support my point, there is indigenous tribes living in the rainforest, and they've done it for centuries if not thousands of years. I believe I can't survive rainforests for a wide variety of reasons.


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