Tuesday, 12 April 2011

The Amazon Rainforest

Amazon Rain Forest is located in the continent of South Ameica, Brazil.
The climate is very humid and hot as it is close to the equater. Rain will suddenly pour down and become sunny like nothing happened in a matter of minutes (not joking)!!!
The plants in Amazon Rainforest is very big due to its climate. There are thousands of different kinds of plants and some are still undiscovered!!
The animals in Amazon are very unique. Most of the frogs in Amazon has fancy colours such as red with blue spots, yellow with blue spots, and other colours that we never expected to be. There many reptiles, bugs and amphibians that are still being discovered even right now!!!
There are weird creatures such as Piraruku, which is known as a fossil fish, and Boku. Piraruku is used for its beautiful skin for leather bags and Boku is caught for its pink body due to the reflection of light under water.
There is a tribe called the Zoe. They have a traditional way of reconizing themselves by peircing their lower lips anf putting a stick inside it

They say that the Amazon Rainforest covers more than 45% of the Earth's oxygen rate!!
They also say that the Amazon River is the largest river in the world!!

In these days, the Brazilian government wants to develop their own country so they are cutting down the trees and burning the lands so more and more animals/plants are getting extinct!!