Jan 31, 2024

Republic Lifestyle Desk

Fascinating Facts About The Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. Covering over 5.5 million square kilometres, it’s so big that the UK and Ireland would fit into it 17 times

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The Amazon is found in South America, spanning across Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.

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In 2007, a man named Martin Strel swam the entire length of the Amazon river. To complete his splashing jungle journey, Martin went water for up to ten hours a day for 66 days!

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Around 400-500 indigenous Amerindian tribes started calling the Amazon rainforest home. It’s believed that about fifty of these tribes have never had contact with the outside world!

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The Amazon has an incredibly rich ecosystem. There are around 40,000 plant species, 1,300 bird species, 3,000 types of fish, 430 mammals and a whopping 2.5 million different insects.

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The Amazon is home to a host of fascinating – and deadly! – creatures, including electric eels, flesh eating piranhas, poison dart frogs, jaguars.

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One fascinating fish found in the Amazon is the Pirarucu (also known as the arapaima or paiche). A menacing meat-eater, the pirarucu guzzles up other fish.

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