Facts about Amazon Jungle

Facts about Amazon Jungle

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The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest.

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it’s so big that the UK and Ireland would fit into it 17 times!

Covering over 5.5 million square kilometres

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there are around 40,000 plant species1,300 bird species3,000 types of fish430 mammals

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The Amazon is home of creatures,

including electric eels, flesh eating piranhas, poison dart frogs, jaguars and some seriously venomous snakes.

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In 2007, a man named Martin Strel swam the entire length of the Amazon river

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the fact the rainforest pumps out a staggering 20% of the world’s oxygen each day, far more than any other ecosystem.

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Throughout large parts of the Amazon, the forest floor is almost completely black as only 1% of sunlight can make it through the thick canopy.

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